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  2. Touchpad - Wikipedia

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    Closeup of a touchpad on an Acer CB5-311 laptop Closeup of a touchpad on a MacBook 2015 laptop. A touchpad or trackpad is a type of pointing device.Its largest component is a tactile sensor: an electronic device with a flat surface, that detects the motion and position of a user's fingers, and translates them to 2D motion, to control a pointer in a graphical user interface on a computer screen.

  3. Scrolling - Wikipedia

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    Scrolling can be controlled in other software-dependent ways by a PC mouse. Some scroll wheels can be pressed down, functioning like a button. Depending on the software, this allows both horizontal and vertical scrolling by dragging in the direction desired; when the mouse is moved to the original position, scrolling stops.

  4. Computer mouse - Wikipedia

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    A computer mouse with the most common features: two buttons (left and right) and a scroll wheel (which can also function as a button when pressed inwards) A typical wireless computer mouse A computer mouse (plural mice , also mouses ) [ nb 1 ] is a hand-held pointing device that detects two-dimensional motion relative to a surface.

  5. Intermittent fault - Wikipedia

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    An intermittent fault, often called simply an "intermittent" [citation needed] (or anecdotally "interfailing" [citation needed]), is a malfunction of a device or system that occurs at intervals, usually irregular, in a device or system that functions normally at other times.

  6. Scroll Lock - Wikipedia

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    In its original design, Scroll Lock was intended to modify the behavior of the arrow keys. When the Scroll Lock mode is on, the arrow keys scroll the contents of a text window instead of moving the cursor. [1] [2] In this usage, Scroll Lock is a toggling lock key like Num Lock or Caps Lock, which have a state that persists after the key is ...

  7. No, scrolling through social media is not a ‘hobby’ – when ...

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    And, arguably, scrolling the socials is even worse. There’s certainly an argument that making content for social media is a legitimate hobby. But, like binge-watching a boxset, scrolling is the ...

  8. Doomscrolling - Wikipedia

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    Infinite scrolling is a design approach which loads content continuously as the user scrolls down. It eliminates the need for pagination thereby encouraging doomscrolling behaviours. The feature allows a social media user to "infinitely scroll", as the software is continuously loading new content and displaying an endless stream of information.

  9. Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Science/March 2006 - Wikipedia

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    11.17 Problem with my mouse. 8 comments. 11.18 Download freezing my PC. ... 25.19 Accurate clock for Windows and Linux. 4 comments. ... You fix it up and resubmit it ...