why r computer mouses called mouses?

Question

as it doesnt look n e thing like a mouse. ( a question from my son)

Answer 1

The name mouse, coined at the Stanford Research Institute, derives from the resemblance of early models (in which the cord was attached to the rear part of the device, suggesting the idea of a tail) to the common eponymous rodent.[1]

Answer 2

Take into consideration the following details (some of the recommendations come directly from Logitech and Microsoft) As per the other answerers, check that the lens area of your mouse is clean with a soft fibreless dust cloth. Also be mindful that optical mouse sensors do not work well on less detailed surfaces - glass, mirrors, glossy, semi-gloss, light and white surfaces carry little to no detail to a sensor may have great difficulty of tracking. Dark, matte and detailed surfaces work best. I have a black stained coffee table at home with a semi-gloss finish. The tracking is atrocious for my laptop mouse so I had to throw down a black-matte mouse pad -- works fine now. If you can, buy a mouse pad. In my city, you can get them now at a dollar-store with a matter black surface for tracking and a wrist rest for only a buck. I find even with the most ideal black matte tracking pad at my desk here at work the lens area still scrapes up palm cheese once in a while because my palms perspire (I have tight deadlines - what can I say) and it needs to be wiped away periodically and blown out for a 1/2 second with a bottle of compressed air. Do not blow out with your mouth because you'll always get microscopic spit on it screwing up tracking even more with micro droplets and watermarks. Also if wireless, check you're receiver is synced up properly to the mouse otherwise any interference will send your cursor flying. Hope this helps....

Answer 3

It's called a mouse because the wire came out the end and looked like a mouse tail. Have a read at the link below...

Answer 4

The mouse looks like a Mouse. The thing which you hold in your hand looks like the body of the mouse and the cable looks like the tail.

Answer 5

The body shape looks like a mouse. It has a tail (which is the cable). It also has two eyes for the left and right click.

Answer 6

Sir Hector Mousse invented the computer mouse in 1874

Answer 7

Mouse shaped(ish) and the lead looks like a tail. Maybe rat would have been more apt though.

Actually the plural of mouse (computing) is mute.

SOURCE: I have worked in IT for donkeys-years

Answer 8

it looks like a mouse.

Answer 9

Well, they do look like a mouse - the wire is the tail.

And the plural of mouse is mice.

Answer 10

Well it looks like one.

It couldn't be called, let's say a Horse, or a Camel because that would be STUPID.

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