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Cursor Hotspot
In human–computer interaction, a cursor is an indicator used to show the current position on a computer monitor or other display device that will respond to input, such as a text cursor or a mouse pointer. Etymology ''Cursor'' is Latin for 'runner'. A cursor is a name given to the transparent slide engraved with a hairline used to mark a point on a slide rule. The term was then transferred to computers through analogy. On 14 November 1963, while attending a conference on computer graphics in Reno, Nevada, Douglas Engelbart of Augmentation Research Center (ARC) first expressed his thoughts to pursue his objective of developing both hardware and software computer technology to ''augment'' human intelligence by pondering how to adapt the underlying principles of the planimeter to inputting X- and Y-coordinate data, and envisioned something like the cursor of a computer mouse, mouse he initially called a ''bug'', which, in a 3-point form, could have a "drop point and 2 orthogon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Text Cursor Blinking
Text may refer to: Written word * Text (literary theory), any object that can be read, including: **Religious text, a writing that a religious tradition considers to be sacred **Text, a verse or passage from scripture used in expository preaching **Textbook, a book of instruction in any branch of study Computing and telecommunications *Plain text, unformatted text *Text file, a type of computer file opened by most text software *Text string, a sequence of characters manipulated by software *Text message, a short electronic message designed for communication between mobile phone users *Text (Chrome app), a text editor for the Google Chrome web browser *tEXt, an PNG#Ancillary chunks, ancillary chunk in the PNG image file format *Text, the former name of Apple's Messages (Apple), Messages instant messenger *Text (company), an AI and customer service software company Arts and media *TEXT, a Swedish band *''Text & Talk'' (formerly ''Text''), an academic journal *"Text", a 2010 song p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
