biography
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Engelbart, Douglas C
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| male
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| lived:
| (1925– )
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| biography:
| Computer engineer, born in Portland, Oregon, USA. A pioneer in the design of interactive computer environments, he invented the ‘mouse’ (1963). He created the first two-dimensional editing system and was the first to demonstrate the use of mixed text-graphics and shared screen viewing. He was director of the Augmentation Research Center in Palo Alto (1959–77), and founded the Bootstrap Project at Stanford University (1989). |
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