Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

Who invented Computer Mouse?

  1. Erna Schneider Hoover

  2. Douglas Engelbart

  3. Yoshiro Nakamatsu

  4. John Vincent Atanasoff
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Explanation

Douglas Engelbart invented the computer mouse in 1964 at Stanford Research Institute. His wooden prototype, with two perpendicular wheels, was patented in 1970. The mouse revolutionized human-computer interaction. Erna Schneider Hoover worked on telephone switching, Yoshiro Nakamatsu had many patents but not the mouse, and John Vincent Atanasoff built an early electronic computer.

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