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What is a Cursor?
                                                                                 Just like how birds use their
                 A cursor is a small blinking line (|) on the screen.           beaks to pick up food, we use

                 It shows the place where the typed letter or                  a computer mouse to click and
                 number will appear.                                             select things on the screen.







                       REFRESH


                       A mouse is an important part of a computer.
                      A mouse is a pointing device that has two or three buttons.
                      The arrow we see on a computer screen is called the mouse pointer.
                      Pressing and releasing any button of a mouse is called clicking.

                      Moving the mouse while keeping the left button pressed is called dragging.
                      Rolling the scroll wheel upwards or downwards is called scrolling.
                      A keyboard is used to type on a computer.
                      Keys that have letters written on them are called alphabet keys.

                      Keys that have numbers on them are called number keys.
                      There are some keys that have a special role, these are called special keys.
                      A cursor is a small blinking line on the screen.





                                                  TeCh Ready




                 A.  Tick ( ) the correct option.

                    1.  Which of the following is a computer mouse?


                         (i)                                     (ii)




                       (iii)                                    (iv)



                    2.  Which key is used to erase what we have typed?


                         (i)                                     (ii)



                       (iii)                                    (iv)



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