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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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    Metro-style apps use the UI controls of Windows 8.x and typically follow Windows 8.x UI guidelines, such as horizontal scrolling and the inclusion of edge-UIs, like the app bar. [5] In response to criticism from customers a title bar was added in Windows 8.1, but was hidden unless users move the mouse cursor to the top of the screen.

  4. Microsoft Word - Wikipedia

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    Microsoft Word is a word processor developed by Microsoft.It was first released on October 25, 1983, under the name Multi-Tool Word for Xenix systems. Subsequent versions were later written for several other platforms including: IBM PCs running DOS (1983), Apple Macintosh running the Classic Mac OS (1985), AT&T UNIX PC (1985), Atari ST (1988), OS/2 (1989), Microsoft Windows (1989), SCO Unix ...

  5. EdgeHTML - Wikipedia

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    EdgeHTML is a proprietary browser engine from Microsoft that was formerly used in Microsoft Edge, which debuted in 2015 as part of Windows 10 . EdgeHTML is a fork of the MSHTML (Trident) engine of Internet Explorer. [2] It is designed as a software component that enables developers to easily add web browsing functionality to other apps.

  6. Throbber - Wikipedia

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    A typical throbber animation like that seen on many websites when a blocking action is being performed in the background. A throbber, also known as a loading icon, is an animated graphical control element used to show that a computer program is performing an action in the background (such as downloading content, conducting intensive calculations or communicating with an external device).

  7. AOL Favorites FAQs - AOL Help

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    Hover your mouse cursor over the Favorite you wish to rename. Click on the pencil icon; Update the Favorite name in the Title field and click Save. You will then see your Favorite with its new name. Note: You can update the link in the URL field if necessary.

  8. Pointing stick - Wikipedia

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    Pointing stick on a Lenovo ThinkPad Detail: rear side of a Lenovo ThinkPad pointing stick with the strain gauges.Size: 8 x 8 mm. Out of patent IBM ThinkPad caps (left-to-right): Soft Dome, Soft Rim, Classic Dome, Eraser Head (discontinued)

  9. Windows wait cursor - Wikipedia

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    Windows wait cursor. The Windows wait cursor, informally the Blue circle of death (known as the hourglass cursor until Windows Vista) is a throbber that indicates that an application is busy performing an operation. It can be accompanied by an arrow if the operation is being performed in the background. The wait cursor can display on programs ...