Is a Hard Drive an Io Device?
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Input devices provide input to a computer, while output devices provide a way for a computer to output data for communication with users or other computers. … Examples of I/O storage devices are CD/DVD-ROM drives, USB flash drives and hard disk drives.

What are the IO devices?

I/O devices are the pieces of hardware used by a human (or other system) to communicate with a computer. For instance, a keyboard or computer mouse is an input device for a computer, while monitors and printers are output devices. … The designation of a device as either input or output depends on perspective.

What is an IO in a computer?

Input-output (I/O) systems transfer information between computer main memory and the outside world. An I/O system is composed of I/O devices (peripherals), I/O control units, and software to carry out the I/O transaction(s) through a sequence of I/O operations.

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