
Touchpads
🖐️ 1. What Is a Touchpad? A touchpad (also called a trackpad) is a flat, touch‑sensitive surface that detects finger movement and translates it into cursor movement on the screen. It replaces or complements the mouse in portable computers. 🧩 2. How It Works ⚙️ 3. Types of Touchpads Type Description Example Use Basic Touchpad Single‑finger movement, simple clicks Early laptops Multi‑touch Touchpad Supports gestures (scroll, zoom, swipe) Modern laptops (Windows Precision Touchpad, Apple trackpad) Clickable Touchpad Entire pad acts as a button MacBook trackpads External Touchpad USB/Bluetooth device, separate from laptop Desktop setups needing touch input 🕰️ 4. Brief History