because its a mouse?
2006-12-08 04:45:03 · 6 answers · asked by jasmine K 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
Because it LOOKS like a mouse...long tail...etc. etc.
Jeeeeze!
2006-12-08 04:49:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it runs around just as a mouse does when trap'd in a room.
2006-12-08 12:50:05 · answer #2 · answered by wmorgel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first original "mouse" was nicknamed by it's inventor cause it looked like a mouse.
2006-12-08 12:49:15 · answer #3 · answered by Clipper 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have one the is corded, it has the shape of a mouse. Hence the name. Pretty simple, huh?
2006-12-08 12:49:40 · answer #4 · answered by talker628 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it looks like one, with the chord as its tail. but at first it was called an x - y coordinate indicator.
2006-12-08 13:33:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because its small and the cord looks like a tail.
2006-12-08 12:48:40 · answer #6 · answered by Jecht 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋