Wikipedia: History of Pointing device

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Any hardware component that allows a user to input spatial data to a computer. [CAD system]?s and Graphical User Interfaces (GUI) allow the user to control and provide data to the computer using physical "gestures" - point, click, and drag - typically by moving a hand-held mouse across the surface of the physical desktop and activating switches on the mouse. Movements of the pointing device are echoed on a graphical representation of a desktop on the screen by movements of the mouse pointer and other visual changes.

Any hardware component that allows a user to input spatial data to a computer as part of a WIMP interface. [CAD system]?s and Graphical User Interfaces (GUI) allow the user to control and provide data to the computer using physical "gestures" - point, click, and drag - typically by moving a hand-held mouse across the surface of the physical desktop and activating switches on the mouse. Movements of the pointing device are echoed on a graphical representation of a desktop on the screen by movements of the mouse pointer and other visual changes.

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	Revision 2 . . November 10, 2001 1:02 am by Dmerrill [+WIMP]
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