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  2. Computer mouse - Wikipedia

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    A computer mouse (plural mice, also mouses) [nb 1] is a hand-held pointing device that detects two-dimensional motion relative to a surface. This motion is typically translated into the motion of the pointer (called a cursor) on a display, which allows a smooth control of the graphical user interface of a computer. The first public ...

  3. Pointing stick - Wikipedia

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    ThinkPads have a prominent middle mouse button, but some models have no physical buttons. Toshiba employs concentric arcs. In the early 1990s, Zenith Data Systems shipped a number of laptop computers equipped with a device called J-Mouse, [4] which essentially used a special keyswitch under the J key to allow the J keycap to be used as a ...

  4. Pointing device - Wikipedia

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    In case of a direct-input pointing device, the on-screen pointer is at the same physical position as the pointing device (e.g., finger on a touch screen, stylus on a tablet computer). An indirect-input pointing device is not at the same physical position as the pointer but translates its movement onto the screen (e.g., computer mouse, joystick ...

  5. 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.

  6. Input device - Wikipedia

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    A pointing device allows a user to input spatial data to a computer. It is commonly used as a simple and intuitive way to select items on a computer screen on a graphical user interface (GUI), either by moving a mouse pointer , or, in the case of a touch screen, by physically touching the item on screen.

  7. Computer hardware - Wikipedia

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    It includes external devices such as a monitor, mouse, keyboard, and speakers. [1] [2] By contrast, software is a set of written instructions that can be stored and run by hardware. Hardware derived its name from the fact it is hard or rigid with respect to changes, whereas software is soft because it is easy to change.