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The computer mouse was invented in 1963 at the Stanford Research Institute, USA, by the Dr. Douglas Engelbart, and developed by the Xerox Corporation in the 1970s. The first was made of wood; the Microsoft mouse was introduced in 1983, and the Apple Macintosh mouse in 1984.
Douglas Engelbart invented or contributed to several interactive, user-friendly devices: the computer mouse, windows, computer video teleconferencing, hypermedia, groupware, email, the Internet and more.
In 1964, the first prototype computer mouse was made to use with a graphical user interface...
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A computer mouse is a small device that comes standard with most modern computers. It is a pointing device used to move a cursor around a computer screen. A mouse consists of a small case, held under one of the user’s hands, with one or more buttons placed on the top of the mouse that enables you to manipulate objects on the screen and make menu selections.
The mouse is an important element of the graphical user interfaces (GUI) systems. It was invented by...
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A computer display monitor, usually called simply a monitor, is an output device that is part of your computer’s display system. A cable connects the monitor to a video adapter (video card) that is installed in an expansion slot on your computer�s motherboard. This system converts signals into text and pictures and displays them on a TV-like screen (the monitor).
A monitor a physical unit that is separate from other parts of the computer. Notebook computers don’t have monitors because all the display and related parts are integrated into...
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An input device is a peripheral used to transfer data from the outside world into a computer system. In other words, it is any machine that feeds data into a computer.
Input devices convert the user’s actions and analog data (sound, graphics, pictures) into digital electronic signals that can be ‘handled’ or ‘read’ by a computer. Digital data (such as from barcode readers, scanners, etc.) does not require any conversion and is input direct into a computer. It is through input devices that a user exercises control over a computer, its operations,...
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