Fact 88: What is the real name for a computer mouse?

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Fact 88: What is the real name for a computer mouse?

The real name for the computer mouse is an, X–Y position indicator for a display system. This is the name chosen by the inventor (Douglas Engelbart) however when he were making it he released really quickly it looked like a mouse with a tail. One of the early computer mouse was a small rectangular box with a weel underneath and a wire coming out the back of the mouse (not the front like todays), and one small push-button on top (I think the button was on the right of the rectangular box however I am not sure).

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