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When your mouse click is received, it's handled by the basic input/output ______. This ______ acts like the eyes and ears and mouth and hands of the computer.
When your mouse click is received, it's handled by the basic input/output ______. This ______ acts like the eyes and ears and mouth and hands of the computer.
subsystem
If you took your mouse apart, you'd see that it's really a very simple machine. It has a couple buttons and a system for detecting motion and distance. You might have an optical mouse that makes these measurements with lights and sensors, but older ones did this with a hard rubber ball and some plastic wheels. Same concept. When you click the button on your mouse, it sends a message to the ______ with information about its position.
If you took your mouse apart, you'd see that it's really a very simple machine. It has a couple buttons and a system for detecting motion and distance. You might have an optical mouse that makes these measurements with lights and sensors, but older ones did this with a hard rubber ball and some plastic wheels. Same concept. When you click the button on your mouse, it sends a message to the ______ with information about its position.
computer
Between the mouse click and the video playing, there was something that captured your intention, understood it, and made it real. What is that something?
Between the mouse click and the video playing, there was something that captured your intention, understood it, and made it real. What is that something?
computer
Let's imagine that we can shrink down to the size of an electron and inject ourselves into a click of a ______.
Let's imagine that we can shrink down to the size of an electron and inject ourselves into a click of a ______.
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Do you remember when you first realized that your computer was more than just a monitor and keyboard. That between the mouse click and the video playing, there was ______ that captured your intention, understood it, and made it real. What is that ______?
Do you remember when you first realized that your computer was more than just a monitor and keyboard. That between the mouse click and the video playing, there was ______ that captured your intention, understood it, and made it real. What is that ______?
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Match the following components of a mouse with their descriptions:
Match the following components of a mouse with their descriptions:
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Match the following computer components with their analogies from the text:
Match the following computer components with their analogies from the text:
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Match the following actions with their descriptions from the text:
Match the following actions with their descriptions from the text:
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Match the following concepts with their explanations from the text:
Match the following concepts with their explanations from the text:
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Match the following parts of a mouse with their functions:
Match the following parts of a mouse with their functions:
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