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because the first mouse they invented was working perfectly fine until there was dirt in them and it didnt work well or because the cursor inside of it wasnt moving when the actuall mouse was being moved so they invented a non-slipping mouse that would be easy to use,inexpensive ,safe ,and to last a long time

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First mouse prototype was made by Douglas Engelbart in 1963. He wanted to design a easier way to control computers.

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The purpose of the computer mouse is to be used as a graphical pointer on a computer instead of lines of text.

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As with any other device, improvements to the computer mouse were made to make it easier to use and more effective.

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Mouse or any pointer device is an inherent part of Graphical User Interface (GUI). It is needed to replace command prompt.

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the functions of a computer mouse

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