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    A computer mouse (plural mice, also mouses) is a hand-held pointing device that detects two-dimensional motion relative to a surface. This motion is typically...
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    mouse jiggler is a software used to simulate the movement of a computer mouse. It can also be a mechanical device moving the physical computer mouse....
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  • a pointer or mouse pointer (as part of a personal computer WIMP style of interaction) is a symbol or graphical image on the computer monitor or other...
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  • numeric keypads to computer keyboards introduced quicker and often also less error-prone entry of numeric data. The use of a computer mouse, typically on a...
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    An optical mouse is a computer mouse which uses a miniature camera and digital image processing to detect movement relative to a surface. Variations of...
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    intended as a replacement for the computer mouse as the primary pointing and navigation device for desktop computers. The first electronic handwriting...
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    A bus mouse is a variety of PC computer mouse which is attached to the computer using a specialized interface (originally, the Microsoft InPort interface...
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    multi-touch functionality to a computer mouse. Taking after the iPhone, iPod Touch, and multi-touch MacBook trackpads, the Magic Mouse allows the use of multi-touch...
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  • keyboards have been the main input method for computers since the 1970s, supplemented by the computer mouse since the 1980s. Keyboard keys (buttons) typically...
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    The Microsoft Mouse is a computer mouse released by Microsoft in 1983. It is the first mouse released by the company, and it was bundled with the first...
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  • computer screen, used by physically touching it. trackball Similar to a mouse, a trackball has a ball held by a socket. Instead of moving the mouse,...
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    Mousepad (redirect from Mouse pad)
    surface for placing and moving a computer mouse. A mousepad enhances the usability of the mouse compared to using a mouse directly on a table by providing...
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  • The "computer mouse" was named in English for its resemblance to the animal. Many other languages use their word for "mouse" for the "computer mouse", sometimes...
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    1929 – July 26, 2020) was an American computer engineer who contributed to the development of the computer mouse while working for Douglas Engelbart at...
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    Douglas Engelbart (category Computer hardware engineers)
    International, which resulted in creation of the computer mouse, and the development of hypertext, networked computers, and precursors to graphical user interfaces...
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    A mouse button is an electric switch on a computer mouse which can be pressed (“clicked”) to select or interact with an element of a graphical user interface...
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  • Institute (SRI). It was the first computer system to employ the practical use of hypertext links, a computer mouse, raster-scan video monitors, information...
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    PS/2 port (redirect from PS/2 mouse)
    compatible computer system. Its name comes from the IBM Personal System/2 series of personal computers, with which it was introduced in 1987. The PS/2 mouse connector...
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    frame rates. Gaming computer peripheries usually include mechanical keyboards for faster response time, and a gaming computer mouse which can track higher...
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    company, but the company canceled the project. Next, they turned to the computer mouse as an essential component of the graphical user interface used by a...
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  • Footmouse (redirect from Foot mouse)
    A footmouse (or foot mouse) is a type of computer mouse that gives the users the ability to move the cursor and click the mouse buttons with their feet...
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  • Mouse tracking (also known as cursor tracking) is the use of software to collect users' mouse cursor positions on the computer. This goal is to automatically...
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    is the mouse, many more devices have been developed. However, the term mouse is commonly used as a metaphor for devices that move a computer cursor....
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    The Mother of All Demos (category History of human–computer interaction)
    graphics, efficient navigation and command input, video conferencing, the computer mouse, word processing, dynamic file linking, revision control, and a collaborative...
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    Scroll wheel (redirect from Scroll mouse)
    The term usually refers to such wheels found on computer mice (where they can also be called a mouse wheel). It is often made of hard plastic with a rubbery...
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  • a computer mouse button twice quickly without moving the mouse. Double-clicking allows two different actions to be associated with the same mouse button...
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  • Mouse Practice was a game-based computer tutorial aimed at teaching new users how to operate a computer mouse at a time when many were unfamiliar with...
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    Pointing stick (redirect from Clit mouse)
    1990s, Zenith Data Systems shipped a number of laptop computers equipped with a device called J-Mouse, which essentially used a special keyswitch under the...
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  • graphical user interfaces (GUIs) that use pointing devices such as a computer mouse (by drag and drop, for example). Typically, clipboard support is provided...
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    IntelliMouse is a series of computer mice from Microsoft. The IntelliMouse series is credited with a number of innovations; Microsoft was among the first...
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