Importance of Data Inputting/Outputting

Importance of Data Inputting/Outputting

Jeffrey Thompson

CIS/319: Computer and Information Processing

Michael Suder

8 AUG 2012

Introduction

The ability to input, output, and transfer data with the current technology available has made the process relatively easier than days of the past. The process has also allowed information to be process at fast and efficient manner as well as add accuracy to the equation. Computers have helped revolutionize the way data is processed ten-fold. The ability to input information into a laptop, change the data, and then electronically send the data to another recipient has changed the way we conduct our daily lives.

Data Input Methods

When inputting data into a database or any form or records of information there are several ways of accomplishing the task, an example of inputting data into a database could be via a telephone survey. A telephone survey could be carried out with voice automated system which documents responses and then enters them into a database. If the organization would rather have a face to face experience with individuals taking the surveys then the organization could opt to utilize printed questionnaires. The results from the printed questionnaires can also be input into a database with an optical data reader. Either way, once the information is gathered the organization can begin conducting analysis on the surveys. Specific items also have specific ways of being processed and input into a database, such as bank checks. Bank checks include magnetic ink and use a specific recognition device to decipher what bank, account, and origin of the check. By utilizing this tool for bank checks it eliminates the countless man-hours required to do what this recognition device does in seconds. In a different field of business, a similar system which can recognize retail tags in seconds and provide as much information as you can tag to the item is referred to as a bar code scanner. A bar code scanner allows the...