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  2. Cursor (user interface) - Wikipedia

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    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. Cursor on a slide rule. On 14 November 1963, while attending a conference on computer graphics in Reno, Nevada, Douglas Engelbart of ...

  3. Universal Windows Platform apps - Wikipedia

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    Universal Windows Platform ( UWP) apps [1] (formerly Windows Store apps, Metro-style apps and Modern apps) [2] are applications that can be used across all compatible Microsoft Windows devices. They are primarily purchased and downloaded via the Microsoft Store, Microsoft's digital application storefront. [3]

  4. Roblox - Wikipedia

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    Roblox occasionally hosts real-life and virtual events. They have in the past hosted events such as BloxCon, which was a convention for ordinary players on the platform. Roblox operates annual Easter egg hunts and also hosts an annual event called the "Bloxy Awards", an awards ceremony that also functions as a fundraiser. The 2020 edition of ...

  5. ANSI escape code - Wikipedia

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    ANSI escape sequences are a standard for in-band signaling to control cursor location, color, font styling, and other options on video text terminals and terminal emulators. Certain sequences of bytes, most starting with an ASCII escape character and a bracket character, are embedded into text. The terminal interprets these sequences as ...

  6. Computer mouse - Wikipedia

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    A typical wireless computer mouse. A computer mouse (plural mice, also mouses) [nb 1] is a hand-held pointing device that detects two-dimensional motion relative to a surface. This motion is typically translated into the motion of the pointer (called a cursor) on a display, which allows a smooth control of the graphical user interface of a ...

  7. Bézier curve - Wikipedia

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    Bézier curves are also used in the time domain, particularly in animation, user interface design and smoothing cursor trajectory in eye gaze controlled interfaces. For example, a Bézier curve can be used to specify the velocity over time of an object such as an icon moving from A to B, rather than simply moving at a fixed number of pixels per ...

  8. ANI (file format) - Wikipedia

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    The ANI file format is a graphics file format used for animated mouse cursors on the Microsoft Windows operating system. [1] The format is based on the Microsoft Resource Interchange File Format, which is used as a container for storing the individual frames (which are standard Windows icons) of the animation.

  9. PaintShop Pro - Wikipedia

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    License. Shareware. Website. www .paintshoppro .com /en /. PaintShop Pro ( PSP) is a raster and vector graphics editor for Microsoft Windows. It was originally published by Jasc Software. In October 2004, Corel purchased Jasc Software and the distribution rights to PaintShop Pro. PSP functionality can be extended by Photoshop-compatible plugins .