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Xerox Device Cursor Pointer Display Screen Object: Mouse

The mouse was invented in 1963 by Douglas Engelbart and later pioneered by Xerox in the 1970s. It is a device that controls the movement of a cursor on a display screen by rolling a small object along a hard, flat surface. Mice usually have one to three buttons and sometimes a scroll wheel, with different buttons performing actions like selecting objects with single clicks or displaying shortcut menus with right clicks in different programs.

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Xerox Device Cursor Pointer Display Screen Object: Mouse

The mouse was invented in 1963 by Douglas Engelbart and later pioneered by Xerox in the 1970s. It is a device that controls the movement of a cursor on a display screen by rolling a small object along a hard, flat surface. Mice usually have one to three buttons and sometimes a scroll wheel, with different buttons performing actions like selecting objects with single clicks or displaying shortcut menus with right clicks in different programs.

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Mouse

Mouse is invented by Douglas Engelbart of Stanford Research Center in 1963, and pioneered by
Xerox in the 1970s.
Mouse is a device that controls the movement of the cursor or pointer on a display screen. A
mouse is a small object you can roll along a hard, flat surface. Its name is derived from its shape, which
looks a bit like a mouse, its connecting wire that one can imagine to be the mouse's tail. As you move the
mouse, the pointer on the display screen moves in the same direction.
Mouse contain at least one button and sometimes as many as three, which have different
functions depending on what program is running. Some newer mice also include a scroll wheel for
scrolling through long documents.
Scroll Wheel
Left button Right button

Single click an object to Single click an object


select it; double click to display shortcut menu
perform action of options

The mouse is important for graphical user interfaces because you can simply point to options and
objects and click a mouse button. Such applications are often called point-and-click programs. The mouse
is also useful for graphics programs that allow you to draw pictures by using the mouse like a pen, pencil,
or paintbrush. Following are different types of mouse available.

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