It is an input device.
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Neither. A computer contains both input and output devices. Many modern input and output devices contain embedded computers, that interface between the main computer and the actual input or output hardware of the device.
The keyboard is an input device because you use it to type, which is a form of input. Another form of input is the mouse, which sends clicks and mouse movement to let you click on links and move the mouse around.
Input=Mouse Keyboard Output=Monitor LOL everyone uses them
Typically this would be peripherals in the context of PCs. Peripherals are things such as the keyboard and mouse (input), and the monitor and speakers(output).
examples of input devices : keyboard, mouse, scanner, webcam, joystick, microphone etc. examples of output devices : monitor, printer, speakers, plotters etc.