FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

BASIC COMPUTER CONCEPTS

HISTORY OF COMPUTERS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
When was the 1st computer mouse invented?
A
1964
B
1975
C
1990
D
1985
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Development of the mouse began in the early 1960s by SRI International’s Douglas Engelbart, while he was exploring the interactions between humans and computers. Bill English, then the chief engineer at SRI, built the first computer mouse prototype in 1964. Designs with multiple buttons soon followed.

Detailed explanation-2: -Douglas Engelbart’s Mouse Widely credited as the father of the modern computer mouse, Douglas Engelbart came up with the design after attending a conference on computer graphics. He then named the invention a “mouse” because the attached wire resembled the tail of a mouse.

Detailed explanation-3: -The first computer mouse was invented by Douglas Engelbart in 1964. It was designed as a wooden box, with two metal wheels that make contact with the surface and only one key. 8 years later, in 1972, Bill English created what we know as the “Ball Mouse".

Detailed explanation-4: -The first computer mouse The first real mouse was invented in 1964 at Stanford University. Then it was in wood with a lone button on top. Today’s mice can be moved in any direction but the first mouse was far from as smooth.

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