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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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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Cursor (user interface) (redirect from Bug (computer mouse))
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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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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Data entry (section Computer mouse)
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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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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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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Graphics tablet (redirect from Digitizer mouse)
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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Input device (redirect from Computer input device)
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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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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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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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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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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small amount of modern research indicates that utilizing a standard computer mouse device improves fine-motor skills. While sound user interfaces have...
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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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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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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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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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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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Logitech (redirect from Logitech MX700 optical mouse)
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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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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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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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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Pointing device (section Mouse)
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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commercialize the computer mouse in MS-DOS. In May 1983, at the COMDEX computer expo in Atlanta, Microsoft introduced the Multi-Tool Notepad, a mouse-based text...
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A rotational mouse is a type of computer mouse which attempts to expand traditional mouse functionality. The objective of rotational mice is to facilitate...
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Mouseover (redirect from Mouse-over)
a computer monitor using a computer mouse. Also called a hover effect, mouseovers are graphical controls that respond when a user moves their mouse pointer...
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Trackball (redirect from Trackball mouse)
trackballs were common on portable computers (such as the BlackBerry Tour) where there may be no desk space on which to run a mouse. Some small "thumballs" are...
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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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