You know, the thing your hand is on. The computer part.
2006-08-23 07:51:58 · 12 answers · asked by Brianman3 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
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.
2006-08-23 08:00:21 · answer #1 · answered by onefreakygeek 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because it looks sort of like one, with the "tail" being the long cord. Did you ever see a mouse scurrying around? It has a profile very much like your computer mouse.
2006-08-23 14:54:30 · answer #2 · answered by MOM KNOWS EVERYTHING 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it looks like a mouse.
2006-08-23 14:57:53 · answer #3 · answered by PainMaster 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it looks like a mouse...
2006-08-23 14:58:05 · answer #4 · answered by ursidaethibetanus 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It looks like a rat/mouse :)
2006-08-23 14:54:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cavemen used mice on their primitive desktop and pretended like they were doing something.
2006-08-23 16:06:26 · answer #6 · answered by Greg 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it looks like one. A round "body" and a long "tail" with two "ears" on it.
2006-08-23 14:54:14 · answer #7 · answered by seraphim_pwns_u 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_mouse
History of the mouse.
2006-08-23 14:54:30 · answer #8 · answered by Yoi_55 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the shape and the long cord
2006-08-23 14:57:34 · answer #9 · answered by spicy girl 1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the early ones really did look like mice...with tails.....
2006-08-23 14:54:24 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋