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{{short description|Piece of computer hardware}}
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An '''output device''' is any piece of [[computer hardware]] that converts information or data into a human-perceptible form or, historically, into a physical machine-readable form for use with other non-computerized equipment. It can be text, graphics, tactile, audio, or video. Examples include [[Computer monitor|monitors]], [[Printer (computing)|printers]] and [[sound card]]s.

In an industrial setting, output devices also include "printers" for paper tape and punched cards, especially where the tape or cards are subsequently used to control industrial equipment, such as an industrial loom with electrical robotics which is not fully computerized