Douglas Carl Engelbart was an American engineer, inventor, and a pioneer in many aspects of computer science, best known for his work founding the field of human-computer interaction, which resulted in the creation of the computer mouse and the development of hypertext. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Douglas Carl Engelbart (January 30, 1925, July 2, 2013) was an American engineer, inventor, and a pioneer in many aspects of computer science. He is best known for his work on founding the field of human-computer interaction, particularly while at his Augmentation Research Center Lab in SRI International, which resulted in creation of the computer mouse, and the development of hypertext, networked computers, and precursors to graphical user interfaces.
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January 30, 1925
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July 2, 2013
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Douglas Carl Engelbart (January 30, 1925
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July 2, 2013) was an American engineer, inventor, and a pioneer in many aspects of computer science
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was an American engineer, inventor, and a pioneer in many aspects of computer science
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NLS was renamed Augment (now the Doug Engelbart Institute)
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