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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. Touch switch - Wikipedia

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    Placing one or two fingers across the plates achieves a turn on or closed state. Removing the finger(s) from the metal pieces turns the device off. One implementation of a resistance touch switch would be two Darlington-paired transistors where the base of the first transistor is connected to one of the electrodes.

  4. List of commercial failures in computing - Wikipedia

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    This resulted in the TouchPad quickly selling out, with 350,000 units reportedly sold in the first 24 hours. [88] According to an NPD Group report published in November, the TouchPad became the best-selling non-iPad tablet in the United States in the first ten months of 2011, accounting for 17 percent of the 1.2 million tablets sold there. [89]

  5. ‘9-1-1: Lone Star’ Series Finale: Which 126 Members Survive ...

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    Kevin Estrada/FOX 9-1-1: Lone Star went out with a bang, literally, after an asteroid hit Austin during the series finale on Monday, February 3. In typical fashion, the 126 was first on scene ...

  6. Book Review: 'How to Leave the House' by Nathan Newman marks ...

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    Before you read a word of “How to Leave the House” by Nathan Newman, it may help to know that a TV adaptation is already in the works. “It was a cinematic sunset: pinks, oranges and ...

  7. Pointing stick - Wikipedia

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    A pointing stick on a mid-1990s-era Toshiba laptop. The two buttons below the keyboard act as a computer mouse: the top button is used for left-clicking while the bottom button is used for right-clicking. Optical pointing sticks are also used on some Ultrabook tablet hybrids, such as the Sony Duo 11, ThinkPad Tablet and Samsung Ativ Q.

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    “I don’t even have to leave the house. “I'll be sitting here minding my own business, saving my money, and I get a notification from Spotify: $12.99, Netflix: $6.99.” Fun will cost you

  9. Pointing device - Wikipedia

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    A touchpad or trackpad is a flat surface that can detect finger contact. It is a stationary pointing device, commonly used on laptop computers. At least one physical button normally comes with the touchpad, but the user can also generate a mouse click by tapping on the pad.