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Input Device Essay: in Conclusion This Is My Essay For Input Devices and Doug Engelbart

Doug Engelbart invented the computer mouse in the early 1960s while working at Stanford Research Institute. The mouse uses two buttons and a scroll wheel to move the on-screen cursor and select or move items. Engelbart filed the original patent for the "X-Y position indicator" in 1967. He is considered an early pioneer of computer and Internet technology.

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Input Device Essay: in Conclusion This Is My Essay For Input Devices and Doug Engelbart

Doug Engelbart invented the computer mouse in the early 1960s while working at Stanford Research Institute. The mouse uses two buttons and a scroll wheel to move the on-screen cursor and select or move items. Engelbart filed the original patent for the "X-Y position indicator" in 1967. He is considered an early pioneer of computer and Internet technology.

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Input device essay

This essay is on the mouse. In this essay I will be typing about the use of the
mouse, when it was made and who invented it.

The uses of the mouse are that mice have two buttons and a scroll wheel. A
computer mouse is an input device that is most often used with a personal
computer. Moving a mouse along a flat surface can move the on-screen cursor to
different items on the screen. Items can be moved or selected by pressing the
mouse buttons called clicking.

Doug Engelbart invented the computer mouse in the early 1960s in his research lab
at Stanford Research Institute now SRI International. The first prototype was built in
1964, the patent application for this "X-Y position indicator for a display system"
was filed in 1967, and US Patent 3,541,541 was awarded in 1970. And the first
computer was invented in the early 19th centuries. How many computer mice are
sold each year? This year about 216,947,664 computers are sold and rising.

Who is Doug Engelbart? Douglas Carl Engelbart was an American engineer and
inventor, and an early computer and Internet pioneer.
Doug Engelbart was born on January 30, 1925, Portland, Oregon, United States
Doug Engelbart died on July 2, 2013, Atherton, California, United States
Doug Engelbart had fielding in Human–computer interaction, Invention
Doug Engelbard had four children Christina Engelbart, Norman Engelbart, Gerda
Engelbart and Diana Engelbart.
In conclusion this is my essay for input devices and Doug Engelbart

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