why did they call it the mouse

[jutnm]

i just started to wonder, why did they call the input pointing thing for a computer the "mouse" ?

 

[ghost]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_mouse

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 eponymous rodent.

 

[jutnm]

hahah thankyou , i should research more on my own lol

 

[bluedishwasher]

2 buttons--> ears, cord--> tail

 

[Platinum]

Makes sense... although 2 buttons doesn't exactly remind me of ears.... whatever... close enough.

 

[TFT]

2 buttons--> ears, cord--> tail

and 1 ball

 

[Platinum]

and 1 ball

hahahahaha poor mouse - has a uniball

 

[Jonyboy]

hahahahaha poor mouse - has a uniball

Unlucky