Douglas Engelbart

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DOUGLAS ENGELBART

Douglas Engelbart is known as one of the creators of hypertext linking. But that is not all he is known for doing. Engelbart is reputed to be the inventor of the pointing cursor, shared- screen teleconferencing, e-mail, and the mouse. For his lifelong achievements in the field of technology, he was awarded the U.S. National Medal of Technology in 2000.

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