A user is typing a document using a keyboard. Which of the following describes this action?

The correct answer is A. Input. A keyboard is an input device - it sends data from the user into the computer system. Typing is the act of providing input. Output refers to data leaving the system (e.g., a monitor displaying text or a printer producing a document). Storage refers to saving data to a persistent

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AInput
BStorage
COutput
DProcessing

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A keyboard is an input device - it sends data from the user into the computer system. Typing is the act of providing input. Output refers to data leaving the system (e.g., a monitor displaying text or a printer producing a document). Storage refers to saving data to a persistent medium (e.g., a hard drive). Processing refers to the CPU manipulating or computing data. In the IPO (Input-Process-Output) model, keystrokes from a keyboard are clearly classified as input.

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