2006-08-04 02:11:07 · 10 answers · asked by Andrew 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
The first point and click device was small and shaped to resemble a mouse, and got it's nickname rather quickly as the company wanted something which sounded cute and easy to use. "Point and Click Device" diesn't give a warm and fuzzy feeling. The shape really did it, small, rounded with the long tail..... the rest of the companies sort of followed suit.
2006-08-04 02:15:54 · answer #1 · answered by Marvinator 7 · 7⤊ 0⤋
The mouse got its name because they were about the same size, shape and color of a large mouse and the wire coming out of them looked kind of like a mouse tail.
2006-08-04 09:19:26 · answer #2 · answered by Mel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The name "mouse", coined at the Stanford Research Institute, derives from the resemblance of early models (which had a cord attached to the rear part of the device, suggesting the idea of a tail) to the common small rodent of the same name
2006-08-04 09:15:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
now a days even cordless mouse are available
earlier the the computer mouse with wire(cord) attached to it, resembled mouse with its tail.
That is why
2006-08-04 09:29:53 · answer #4 · answered by Jatta 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because it looks like a small mouse with a tail, it's really that simple
2006-08-04 09:15:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe because it looks like a mouse with a tail(wire)
2006-08-04 09:16:32 · answer #6 · answered by Bilal J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wish there was a really in depth and interesting answer to this question....sadly the answer is that it LOOKS LIKE A MOUSE!!!!! lol
2006-08-04 09:15:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They look like mice when you have the old design and the cord. Imagine the cord as the tail.
2006-08-04 09:14:47 · answer #8 · answered by bigtony615 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just look at the damn thing..it looks like a mouse!
2006-08-04 09:15:12 · answer #9 · answered by gooterscooby 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
that is a really good question!!!! haha idk!!!
2006-08-04 09:14:10 · answer #10 · answered by diamonds_sparkle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋