COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

COMPUTER HISTORY AND EVOLUTION

DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTERS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Where was the mouse invented?
A
Stanford Research Institute
B
MIT-Massachusetts Institute of Technology
C
Harvard University
D
University of California
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The computer mouse was invented by Doug Engelbart in the 1960s, while directing the Augmentation Research Center at the Stanford Research Institute.

Detailed explanation-2: -Stanford researcher Doug Engelbart, inventor of the computer mouse, dies.

Detailed explanation-3: -The computer mouse was invented and developed by Douglas Engelbart, with the assistance of Bill English, during the 1960s and was patented on November 17, 1970. While creating the mouse, Douglas was working at the Stanford Research Institute in Menlo Park, California, a think tank sponsored by Stanford University.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.

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