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The 13 pages that link to Computer mouse, each with the reason it gives.

• Computer graphicsRelated: Pointing devices made selecting and manipulating graphical objects more direct.

• TouchscreenCompared with: A mouse offers precise indirect pointing rather than direct contact with screen controls.

• Xerox PARCRelated: PARC incorporated the mouse into practical graphical personal-computing systems.

• StylusCompared with: A mouse provides indirect control, while a stylus usually points directly at the display.

• SketchpadCompared with: The mouse later became a general-purpose pointing device, while Sketchpad relied on a light pen.

• Douglas EngelbartBroader topic: Engelbart’s team built an early mouse as one part of a broader interactive system.

• Input deviceBroader topic: It translates hand movement and button presses into pointer control.

• Xerox AltoRelated: The mouse let Alto users point to objects and operate graphical controls.

• Steve WozniakRelated: The Apple II’s support for a mouse helped extend Wozniak’s platform beyond keyboard-based interaction.

• Computer keyboardCompared with: It supplies spatial pointing where a keyboard primarily supplies discrete key input.

• Pointing deviceBroader topic: Its surface-tracking sensors turn hand movement into pointer movement.

• Desktop computerRelated: It makes graphical desktop interfaces easier to control.

• Wesley A. ClarkRelated: The LINC's keyboard and display belong to the same effort to make computers directly usable.