A computer mouse (plural mice; rarely also mouses) is a hand-held pointing device that detects two-dimensional motion relative to a surface. This motion...

An optical mouse is a computer mouse which uses a light source, typically a light-emitting diode (LED), and a light detector, such as an array of photodiodes...

A mouse jiggler is software or hardware used to simulate or provide movement of a computer mouse. In all cases, it prevents sleep mode, standby mode or...

a pointer or mouse pointer (as part of a personal computer WIMP style of interaction) is a symbol or graphical image on the computer monitor or other...

numeric keypads to computer keyboards introduced quicker and often also less error-prone entry of numeric data. The use of a computer mouse, typically on a...

A bus mouse is a variety of PC computer mouse which is attached to the computer using a specialized interface (originally, the Microsoft InPort interface...

The Microsoft Mouse is a computer mouse released by Microsoft in 1983. It is the first mouse released by the company, and it was bundled with the first...

The Magic Mouse is a multi-touch wireless computer mouse sold by Apple Inc. and manufactured by Foxconn. The first-generation Magic Mouse was released...

surface for placing and moving a computer mouse. A mousepad enhances the usability of the mouse compared to using a mouse directly on a table by providing...

intended as a replacement for the computer mouse as the primary pointing and navigation device for desktop computers. The first electronic handwriting...

International, which resulted in creation of the computer mouse, and the development of hypertext, networked computers, and precursors to graphical user interfaces...

1929 – July 26, 2020) was an American computer engineer who contributed to the development of the computer mouse while working for Douglas Engelbart at...

The term usually refers to such wheels found on computer mice (where they can also be called a mouse wheel). It is often made of hard plastic with a rubbery...

compatible computer system. Its name comes from the IBM Personal System/2 series of personal computers, with which it was introduced in 1987. The PS/2 mouse connector...

Mouse tracking (also known as cursor tracking) is the use of software to collect users' mouse cursor positions on the computer. This goal is to automatically...

1990s, Zenith Data Systems shipped a number of laptop computers equipped with a device called J-Mouse, which essentially used a special keyswitch under the...

A footmouse (or foot mouse) is a type of computer mouse that gives the users the ability to move the cursor and click the mouse buttons with their feet...

small amount of modern research indicates that utilizing a standard computer mouse device improves fine-motor skills. While sound user interfaces have...

A mouse button is an electric switch on a computer mouse which can be pressed (“clicked”) to select or interact with an element of a graphical user interface...

graphical user interfaces (GUIs) that use pointing devices such as a computer mouse (by drag and drop, for example). Typically, clipboard support is provided...

commercialize the computer mouse in MS-DOS. In May 1983, at the COMDEX computer expo in Atlanta, Microsoft introduced the Multi-Tool Notepad, a mouse-based text...

The "computer mouse" was named in English for its resemblance to the animal. Many other languages use their word for "mouse" for the "computer mouse", sometimes...

layer placed over a computer screen, used by physically touching it with one's finger or a stylus. trackball Similar to a mouse, a trackball has a ball...

resembles and mimics the functionality of a two-button computer mouse, it is smaller than most computer mice of the time and has a significantly shorter cord...

a computer monitor using a computer mouse. Also called a hover effect, mouseovers are graphical controls that respond when a user moves their mouse pointer...

keyboards have been the main input method for computers since the 1970s, supplemented by the computer mouse since the 1980s, and the touchscreen since the...

trackballs were common on portable computers (such as the BlackBerry Tour) where there may be no desk space on which to run a mouse. Some small "thumballs" are...

company, but the company canceled the project. Next, they turned to the computer mouse as an essential component of the graphical user interface used by a...

Institute (SRI). It was the first computer system to employ the practical use of hypertext links, a computer mouse, raster-scan video monitors, information...

675 in 2024). The ARDS was the first commercial product to include a computer mouse as an optional peripheral as early as April 1968 for an additional $1200...