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What does a standard computer use as its primary pointing device?
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a mouse
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Which device is used as the standard pointing device in a graphical user?
joystick
What is another name for a mechanical mouse?
Computer mouse or a pointing device. Is that what you mean?
Which device is used as a standard pointing device in graphical user environment?
joystick
Who invented a computer mouse?
Douglas engelbart invented the computer mouse/pointing device.
What is another name for computer mouse?
Pointing device (device class including trackpoints and trackballs).
What is the most widely used pointing device on desktop computers?
a computer mouse
Identify 3 common variants of computer mouse?
Track ball Track pad Integrated Pointing Device
What is the most popular pointing device on a personal computer is?
Formerly that would be the case as it was the first type of pointing device until the introduction of the computer mouse (which had a smaller trackball on the bottom), then later optical and infrared laser mice.
What are the variants of a computer mouse?
The variants of computer mouse are: Track pads Trackballs and pointer Integrated Pointing Device
When was the computer pointing device was invented?
The first one that I know of was the SAGE computer's light gun in the middle 1950s.
Why touch surface not called a pointing device?
A pointing device is used to refer to devices that are used to manipulate a virtual space. A computer mouse would be considered a pointing device. Touch surfaces are not considered pointing devices because they are manipulated directly by the user's inputs without the need for a third party object.
What do you mean by pointing input device with example?
There are two types of pointing input device one is called mouse another one is light pen. 1:- Mouse mouse is a primary text input device but lack the ability to easily transmit textual information. It is also called pointing device that is used to move a pointer on the computer screen in order to point to a place on display screen and to select on or more actions to be taken from the position. 2:- Light pen light pen is a pointing input device that contains a photo detector or light pen is source and that allows interaction with a computer through a specially designed monitor.generally it is used for engineering designing.
