What are the differences
between trackball, mouse and joystick devices?
The differences are
according to the track ball device verse mouse and joystick
Trackball
- The track ball is a pointing device which contains a ball over the
device or above the device.
- The track ball is a statics device that cannot move from one place to
another.
- The track ball gives you a stability to use the device without moving
the whole and just move the ball or roll the on the device.
- It uses as input device that depends on finger and thumbs only to moves
the ball.
- It is slower than mouse due to cause the dependency the finger and thumb
to move the ball to track the path of the pointer.
What is trackball used for?
The trackball is an input device which is used to provide 2 dimensions to move the ball over the device the ball is attached to.
The trackball is used to move the pointer of the operating system where the ball is moved according to the position of the 2 dimensions x and y axis on the graph of the screen resolution of the monitor output device of the computer system.
The trackball input device is used to control the pointer on the operating system which is used to control the option and menus of the operating system.
The drawing also can be possible through the trackball which is not perfect device for drawing the image data as artistic work on the painting types of application software on the computer system but rectangular shape can be perfectly drawn by the trackball on the drawing application software.
Why is a trackball an input device?
The trackball is an input device on the computer system to operate the operating system using the pointer given on the operating system as a tool to control every object and change or manipulate and also retrieve the data and object which is stored into the memory of the storage device of the computer system.
The trackball is an input to send the input instructions to the operating system and the operating system takes input to process and give output as a response on the operating system on the computer.
The trackball is an input device because the trackball has buttons to click the object on the operating system and ball which is used to track the pointer on the operating system using the moving of trackball in 4 degrees of moving left, right, forward and backward.
The trackball is used to give instructions to the computer system only and does not give any output data in addition to the output indication on the trackball when the trackball is on and connected to the computer system.
What does it mean to track a ball?
To track a ball on device of trackball following below here:
The trackball is a device which is used to give input instructions to the operating system on the computer when the trackball device is connected to the CPU cabinet of the computer system.
The trackball has a ball which is used to track the ball by rolling from the fixed position on the device in the four degrees of direction of a ball in the left, right, forward and backward directions to move.
The ball of a trackball moving direction is used to control the pointer tool given on the operating system as a tool appears on the monitor output device screen.
The pointer can move only left, right, forward and backward position on the screen according to the x and y axis graph on the screen. These direction moves cover all the area of the screen on the monitor output device.
What is a trackball example?
The trackball is an input device and the trackball is used to send input instructions to the computer system. The operating system takes the input instructions from the trackball to perform the instructions to give output data to the user through the output unit of the operating system on the computer system.
The example of the trackball following below here:
The trackball is used to draw a painting using the ball tracking on the device available on the device and applied on the application software of painting.
The trackball is used to drag the frame of the application software when the frame of the application software is restored on the screen of the monitor output device.
To control the pointer on the operating system of the computer system which is used to control all types of action performed on the operating system such as creating folders, files and drawing or graphics on software etc.
Is a trackball better than a mouse?
Mouse is the best device to control the pointer tool of the operating system and the trackball can move the pointer using the specific direction according to the four degrees of left, right, forward and backward.
Mouse is free to use without any restriction of the four degrees of ball moving on the optical mouse. The mouse can move freely according to the area of the screen of the monitor for the pointer tool of the operating system.
The mouse is used to control the pointer to do every action to perform on the object quickly more than trackball.
The trackball is an input device which is used to control a pointer given on the operating system with some limitations of four degrees of moving the ball left, right, forward and backward directions on the operating system of the computer system.
What are the disadvantages of a trackball?
The disadvantages of a trackball device following below here:
- The trackball cannot type in the text document or other types of document file on the particular application software or operating system.
- Trackball is four degrees to move the ball included on the device placed on the fixed position.
- Trackball is stable and cannot be moved to operate the pointer tools on the operating system such as mouse input devices.
- There are only two keys to open and show menu applications on the folder, files, icon or tools and menu on the particular application software.
- Trackball is an old device and not as popular as the mouse input device due to the stability of the device.
- The trackball makes a pain on the fingers due to hard work with the pointer tool on the operating system.
How do you use a trackball on a laptop?
The user can use the trackball on the laptop computer system but it is not required on the laptop computer because the laptop computer system has a touchpad mouse sensitive to control the pointer tool on the operating system.
The trackball can connect with the laptop using the cable or wireless if the trackball has bluetooth and battery connection to connect with the wireless connectivity to the laptop computer system.
The operating system automatically detects the trackball device when the user cable Jack is connected to the laptop to the given port on the laptop such as USB or PS/2.
After the connection of the laptop computer with the trackball cable, it indicates the trackball device is on and ready to work with the pointer tool on the operating system on the laptop computer system.
Is trackball hardware or software?
Trackball is a Hardware device because the trackball is used to connect with the computer system to operate the pointer of the operating system tool give on the screen of monitor output device of the computer system.
Track ball is an input device which is used to provide the instructions to the computer system to taken by the operating system to process the instructions and give output data to the user through the particular output device.
The track ball have a ball which is used to move on the device and roll on the particular place of the device which is fixed on the trackball device.
The ball of the trackball is allowed to move in four degrees of directions for moving the pointer tool on the operating system.
The track ball is not a software because the track rare uses superball is a device is replacing the trackball because the trackball have not any more function to perform on the computer system.
Which type of device is a trackball?
There are some points on the trackball related topic of "Which type of device is a trackball?" following below here:
i) Trackball is an input type of device which is used to send the instructions to the computer system for the operating system to process the input instructions and gives output data to the user after processing work on the input instructions on the computer system.
ii) Trackball is an input device which is used to move a pointer on the screen of the monitor output device to control the folder, file, icons etc.
iii) Trackball can be drawn using the ball movement on the particular device of the trackball.
iv) With some hold key or button to perform well and create a drawing on the application software of paint.
What is trackball and Spaceball?
Trackball
Trackball is an Input device for the computer system and laptops computer system to control the pointer of the operating system given appears on the screen.
The trackball is used to control the database which is stored on the memory of the storage device of the computer system using the tool of a pointer on the operating system. Such as moving the files from one location to another location address of the storage device of the computer system.
Spaceball
Spaceball is an input device on the computer system and laptop computer and it is used to control the pointer using more than four degrees of directions moving the ball on the device.
The space ball is a similar device as a trackball on the computer system.
Mouse
- It is pointing device that contain optical light system below to the
mouse device which detects the path of the pointer.
- Mouse is not a static device but it is a movable device to move the
pointer on the screen feels to move the pointer on screen by using optical
light system. Some older mouse devices were uses track ball below the position
of the mouse for moving the pointer tool on the screen.
- The mouse device gives
you feeling to move the pointer on the screen as you to move the mouse to left
the pointer moves the left direction that appears on the screen similarly right,
forward and backward directions can moves the pointer.
- It uses as input device
that depends on moving the mouse device by your hand to all the directions.
- It is faster than the
track ball as because when you move by your hand it gives you maximum
acceleration on the pointer.
Joystick
- It can be a pointing
device to the pointer tool that moves by the stick contain on the device over
the whole structure of device. The stick of the device is main that uses to
moves by their axes moving with calculating the displacements.
- Joystick has a stand to
make stability and it is also static device but the pointer moves by the stick
of joystick.
- Joystick gives you stability
with their stand but to moves the pointer we uses the stick to move.
- It uses as input device
that depends on their stick over the stand.
- It is slower than mouse
and track ball during the uses to move the pointer because the joystick is mostly
developed for the purpose of the game in the computer system or gaming platform
and aero jet to controlling shafts.
How do trackball mouse devices work?
The trackball input device works as a mouse input device because both are similar but one difference is the mouse moves the whole device to track the path of the pointer from the rough surface below the mouse input device.
Where the trackball is a stable device cannot move from one position to another position just like a mouse input device, there is only the ball that can move to control the pointer to change position of the ball in four directions only such as left, right, forward and backward.
These are four degrees of the ball on the device. It also depends on the 2 dimensional and 3 dimensional graphics environment.
The trackball is just like a mouse input device on the operating system for controlling the tool pointer given and appears on the monitor output device of the computer system. The tool which is used to control the data and manipulate the database which is stored into the memory space of the storage device of the computer system.
The mouse input device is mostly used for controlling the pointer and feel to move the pointer on the screen as the end user can see their response given to the pointer through the mouse input device moving.
The trackball provides a feel to move the ball on the device and to feel the moving pointers from one to another position which also gives satisfaction to the end user by moving the ball from the trackball.
As the name of trackball which has a ball to move and roll on the device and moves pointers given on the application software or operating system.
Where in the application software there are so many types of tools that replace the pointer tools that perform the different response on the application software such as brush, pencil, pen, eraser etc. on the painting application software and then you can draw a painting on the page which you had selected on the application software.
The operating system also provides the tool application to change the pointer tool to replace it with the selected tool.
The application software such as game application also provides the camera in a 3 dimensional environment to adjust it and play the game on the computer system through the trackball. But most of the users want to use the mouse input device to play the game and with keys to perform action on the game.
In addition there are so many types of game controllers with joysticks to provide so much functionality given in the game application to controlling the character in the game application software on the computer system.
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There are some MCQ question ❓ about the trackball on the computer system....
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Which device is used to move the pointer tool in the 4 degrees of ball rolling on the device to track the path of the pointer tool of an operating system in GUI on the computer system?
- B) Trackball input device
Answer is B) "Trackball input device".
Trackball is used to move the pointer tool of the operating system in GUI.
The trackball has two buttons also given on the device to perform an action on the folder object and file of any application software or the tool application of an operating system on the computer.
Which device is used to work for editing the document text data in the file:-
Answer is D) "Trackball".
Here is the explanation of the trackball can do some editing work on the application software of document file:-
The Editing work can easily be done with the trackball because the trackball has a ball that moves the pointer, cursor and selects the text data in the document file of the application software on the screen of the monitor output of the computer system.
The trackball has two types of keys that perform the action on the button or menu option given by the application software to choose from the left key or button of the trackball and perform the cut or copy or paste depending on the application software functions and services for the end user on the application on the computer system.
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True or false questions :-
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Is there a trackball and mouse pointing device?
The answer is "True".
The reason of trackball and mouse are pointing device:-
The trackball and the mouse are both input devices that contain a ball to track the path of a pointer given in the computer system and provided by the operating system as a tool for the end user to manage the files, folders, editing work etc. Depends on the requirements of the user on the tools application of the operating system or specific purpose installed on the computer system.
The mouse also has an optical system to track the path through lightning that shows the bottom surface of the mouse input device.
The trackball has a ball which is used to move in four directions to operate the pointer on the operating system displayed on the screen of the monitor output device.
Q. The function of a mouse and a trackball are different (true or false):-
Answer is "False".
The trackball:-
The trackball is a pointing device which means the pointing to file, options, folders, drives etc. To point and perform an action on the GUI of application software or operating system interface.
The tool which is provided to the trackball is used to control and operate the tool to point the options using the pointer tool given on the operating system on the computer system or an application software is also can provide the different tool to control and operate through the trackball by moving the ball fixed on the trackball device.
The trackball input device ball is bigger than the old mouse device model.
Trackball is used to move the ball only but not the whole device can be moved because the ball moving in the device is used to track the path of the pointer tool or other tool such as cursor on the document application software.
In the image development application software is to provide different types of tool to operate the tool and develop the image file.
The image file is developed when the tool is used to create an object on the image surface area of file and uses the tool to draw an object such as pencil tool, pen tool, brush tool, eraser tool for removing color or object.
This type of task is performed by the trackball through the given ball on the device to control and operate the different types of tools on the application software according to the application given to perform the different types of performance on the screen of the monitor output device on the computer system.
The mouse input device:-
The mouse input device is used to provide the function of controlling the pointer tool and other types of tool from the mouse input device to operate by moving the whole mouse input device.
The ball of the mouse input device is also given below the mouse surface of their body and the new model of mouse have optical system to penetrate the laser system on the surface where the mouse input device rubbing on the pad or desk depends on the rough surface to detect their path of pointer tool on the operating system or application software.
Here the old model of mouse input device has a small size ball included at the bottom of the mouse device.
Mouse input device moves the whole device to track the path of the tool given on the application software or operating system.
Similarly the mouse input device can also be drawn as an art through the application software by a given tool such as pencil, pen and brush tools depending on the requirements of using the tool on the image development application software.
The mouse input device is needed to move the whole device to track the path of the tool such as the pencil tool to move from one position to another position on the screen of the monitor output device.
The image application software is used to operate by the mouse input device through the pointer tool and other given tools in the application software.
To track the path pencil through light emitting below the mouse input device to detect the rough surface to move easily the pointer tool otherwise the smooth surface cannot provide a rough surface hence the tool cannot be moved from one to another position on the screen. It only needs a rough surface to move the pointer tool on the computer system.
Why is the functionality of the Trackball and Mouse input device different from each other? - that is false.
Final answer in explanation of why both devices trackball and mouse input device their functions are different is false because both can control the pointer tools but here is necessary to consider about the trackball and mouse input device is both have different method to track the path to control and operate the pointer tools or other types of tools given according to the application software or operating system or website or web application.
The trackball is not used to move the whole device, it just moves the ball given on the trackball device and the mouse input device is needed to move the whole device on the surface of the pad to operate the tools given on the computer system that appears on the monitor output device.
Both can move the pointer tools which is not any difference in their functionality but their models are different to each other.
The video editing also can be performed by the mouse input device and trackball input device which is used to edit the timeline of the video file or audio file.
The video file is attached with the audio file that can separate from the video file during the video editing work on the application software.
The mouse input device can easily moves and edit the timeline and create an animation on the video file such as:- moving an object stars, flowers, text data, text art, design frame, texture art and background color theme on the video file can be changed and edit through the mouse input device easily because it is a free hand device which moves the whole device to track the path of pointer tool on the video editor application software on the computer system.
Similarly, the document application software provides the text types area which is used edit also through the cursor tool to edit the text data such as:- moves the text data, copy the text data, paste the text data and image data can be inserted in the document application to provide additional features of editing on the document. To adjust the image with the text data, left alignment adjust with text data, right alignment and center alignment also can be adjusted on the document file is easier through the mouse input device and trackball also, both can perform same task to edit and uses the option in the GUI form of operating system or application software.
What are the advantages of trackball?
The trackball is an older version of the device that controls the pointer tool in the operating system on the computer system.
The trackball is a type of input device that provide the input instructions to control the pointer tool for perform a task such as:- open a file from pointer tool using the trackball input device because the trackball have a ball is used to move the pointer tool on the application software or operating system depends on the types of pointers developed for their system design model interface to show different types of pointer tool on the computer system.
The trackball is an input device. It is still a type of device that cannot move to control a pointer because the ball controls the pointer tool of the trackball.
The ball is used to move when the user rolls the ball on the trackball then the signals are sent to the computer system through the wired connection. The trackball can control the position of the pointer tool of the operating system or application software.
The ball can also move the scroll bar on the page of a website or application form in the application software or tools application of the operating system.
The trackball has keys to click similar to a mouse input device to provide the same configuration on the computer system to control and operate the operating system through the pointer tool available for the trackball input device.
The trackball is used also for gaming to control the character on the game when users operate and play the level and the character setting controls provide the options to changes and allows it to be controlled by the moving ball through the trackball input device in the game environment on the computer system.
What is known as trackball?
The trackball is an input device to provide the input instructions to the computer system.
Trackball is an input device that controls the pointer tool of the operating system that provided to operate the operating system and it's functionality on the computer system.
The pointer tool is control and their available functions that process the input instructions on the operating system when the user sends the input data or instructions it will processed by CPU and provide the output response on the operating system.
The trackball is used to track the path of pointer and operate it to use the options and perform a task on the operating system on the computer.
Such as:- the file is open through clicking button on the file to open and run on the operating system.
The file will open when the user click on the file and operating system shows the option to choose which type of option choose from the list to perform a task on the operating system.
The trackball send input instructions to perform an event to click on the list option for file.
Such as:- change the name of file, cut or move from particular address of file to another address of file etc.
The operating system takes input instructions from the trackball that means the trackball resource can be controlled from the operating system program of input unit to allow and able to send the instructions to the computer system.
The operating system takes input and perform a task when the user uses the track ball such as:- moving pointer from the rolling the ball on the trackball input device to change the position of pointer tool in the operating system. Similarly, the button given on the trackball can perform events such as:- clicking on the file and open a folder, run the file etc.
Can trackball replace a mouse?
There are some points on the computer system and trackball related to the topic of "Can trackball replace a mouse?" following below here:
The trackball cannot replace the mouse input device because the mouse input device is used to the same task but the trackball cannot moves from one position to another position on the pad but mouse input device is easier to use and moves on the pad which is very satisfying on the computer system using the mouse input device to control the pointer tool on the operating system and feels like to move mouse as a pointer tool on the pads because they can appears similar to move their position on the pads and relates on the screen of the monitor output device of the computer system.
The trackball cannot replace the mouse input device because the device models are different to each other used differently on the computer system. If the trackball input device is used to move the ball on the device and the mouse input device is used to move the whole device used in the computer system.
The mouse input device is a more satisfying input device that performs the same task on the computer as a trackball input device but the trackball cannot move the whole device.
Both are the same device but the simple difference is that the trackball cannot move the whole device and it has more than two keys to perform a task in the computer system.
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