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What is a Touchpad?

A touchpad (also called trackpad) is a surface integrated on laptops that functions as a mouse, controlling the position of the mouse cursor by touch. More generically, the touchpad, mouse, and stylus (tablet pen) are called pointing devices.

A hand touching a laptop's touchpad on a desk, making a mouse cursor move.
A laptop's touchpad being used. Source: [https://www.pexels.com/video/a-woman-using-a-laptop-7681471/].
Written by Noel Santos.

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I'm a self-taught Brazilian programmer graduated in IT from a FATEC. In a world of increasingly complex and essential computers, I decided to use my technical expertise in hardware, desktop applications, and web technologies to create an informative resource to make PC's easier to understand.

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