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Explore the interactivity between keyboards and mice and your machine. Learn about the different types of keyboards and mice, what QWERTY means.

Featured Article:  How Computer Keyboards Work

With all the extras and options that are available for new computer keyboards, it's hard to believe that their design originated with mechanical typewriters. Now just look at all they can do! See more »

How Computer Keyboards Work

How Computer Keyboards Work

With all the extras and options that are available for new computer keyboards, it's hard to believe that their design originated with mechanical typewriters. Now just look at all they can do!

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How Computer Mice Work

How Computer Mice Work

The mouse might just be the computer user's best friend. Every day of your computing life, you reach out for your mouse whenever you want to move your cursor or activate something. Learn how this human-machine interface translates your movements into

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How do optical mice work?

How do optical mice work?

With the rise of the optical mouse, it appears that the venerable wheeled mouse is in danger of extinction. What makes an optical mouse better, and how does it work?

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How the Xynergi Keyboard Works

How the Xynergi Keyboard Works

It's been called a $28,000 keyboard, but actually the Xynergi keyboard is part of a desktop media production center package. Can it revolutionize the media editing industry?

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Why are the keys arranged the way they are on a QWERTY keyboard?

Why are the keys arranged the way they are on a QWERTY keyboard?

The QWERTY keyboard dates all the way back to the first typewriters. Why are the keys arranged this way, rather than alphabetically?

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