Quiz 2: July 08, 2011

1. Describe various types of pen input, and identify other types of input for smart phones.
     -Light Pen - Light pen is actually one more pointing input gadget. This will pick up on existence of light.
       The electrical light pen input instrument is usually combined with creating computer software.
     -Digitizer - A Digitizer is also called a graphic tablet and uses a pen input device. It's a flat, rectangle-shaped digital plastic material pad.
     -Stylus and Cursor - Stylus pen is actually like a ballpoint pen. It's utilized to compose textual content or make lines (or generate drawings and also pictures) on the exclusively developed graphics display or digitizer.




2. The purpose of various game controllers: gamepads, joysticksand wheels, light guns, dance pads.
    *gamepads*
     -A gamepad, also known as a joypad, is the most common kind of game controller. They are held in both hands with thumbs and fingers used to provide input. Gamepads can have a number of action buttons combined with one or more omnidirectional control sticks or buttons.
    *joysticks*
     -This joystick is a peripheral that consists of a handheld stick that can be tilted around either of two axes and (sometimes) twisted around a third.
    -A light gun is a peripheral used to "shoot" targets on a screen. They usually roughly resemble firearms or ray guns. Their use is normally limited to rail shooters, or shooting gallery games like those that came with the Shooting Gallery light gun.