History of mouse

A computer mouse with the most common standard features: two buttons and a scroll wheel, which can also act as a third button. In computing, amouseis a pointing devicethat detects two-dimensionalmotion relative to a surface. This motion is typically translated into the motion of a pointeron a display, which allows for fine control of a graphical user interface. Physically, a mouse consists of an object held in one's hand, with one or more buttons. Mice often also feature other elements, such as touch surfaces and "wheels", which enable additional control and dimensional input. Naming The earliest known publication of the termmouseas a computer pointing device is in Bill English's1965 publication "Computer-Aided Display Control". [ 1 ] The onlineOxford Dictionariesentry formousestates the plural for the small rodent ismice, while the plural for the small computer connected device is eithermiceormouses. However, in the use section of the entry it states that the more common plural ismice, and that the first recorded use of the term in the plural ismiceas well [ 2 ](though it cites a 1984 use ofmicewhen there were actually several earlier ones, such as J. C. R. Licklider's "The Computer as a Communication Device" of 1968 [ 3 ]). According to the fifth edition of The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Languagethe plural can be either "mice" or "mouses".