MOUSE Full Form

MOUSE refers to the Manually Operated User Selection Equipment. It is a two dimensional pointing simple, movable and single piece of equipment attached to the computer. It operates all the work on a computer system. It consists of three buttons: two buttons on the side of the mouse and a circle wheel in between the mouse’s buttons. It connects with a cable wire to the computer system. It is used manually as small hardware and utilizes the power of a computer In 1960, Douglas Engelbart first inspected the relationship between humans and computers. It allows the movement of the cursor to operate the function. MOUSE also stands for Mechanically operated user single engine.

History of MOUSE

Ralph Benjamin 1946 invented the trackball, a pointing device in the era of post World War II for controlling fire radar plotting systems which is known as the Comprehensive Display System. Benjamin then worked on many projects like calculating the target aircraft’s position and also found an input device rollerball which in 1947 got patented.

Douglas Engelbart (Stanford Research Institute [SRI]), has been awarded by many scientists like Thierry Bardini, Paul Ceruzzi and many more in published books for the invention of the computer mouse. He also established Augmentation Research Center(ARC) for developing both software and hardware computer technologies. Bill English helped Engelbart after joining ARC in building the first prototype of a computer mouse whose structure is much similar to that of an animal mouse having a cord wire attached to which looks like a tail of the mouse.

In July 1965, the term mouse was first mentioned in the report whose lead author was English. Engelbart in December 1968, demonstrated first the working of mouse publicly which came to be called “The Mother of All Demos”. His worker SRI had patented this invention so Engelbart never got the appreciation. After this, many more pointing devices like head-mounted devices etc. have been developed.

Types of MOUSE

There are 8 types of MOUSE

• Mechanical MOUSE: It includes rotating rollers, optical encoding disks, infrared LEDs and sensors

• Optical and laser MOUSE: It includes a photodiode array for imaging and LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes)

• Inertial and gyroscopic MOUSE: It is also called ‘air mice’ and uses an accelerometer for the movement rotatory to support the rotation in every axis

• 3D MOUSE: It is also known as wands, flying mice, or bats and it uses ultrasound technique and also helps in movement in all directions

• Tactile MOUSE: It includes an actuator for generating the physical sensation

• Pucks: It is used with Tablet Digitizers

• Ergonomic MOUSE: It is used to avoid the conditions like arthritis, carpal tunnel syndrome etc. which are caused by using other types of mice and it gives comfort to the user because of its design

• Gaming MOUSE: These are used for games on the computer; they have monochrome and LED lighting

Parts of Computer Mouse

The parts of the computer Mouse are

1. Buttons: The Manually Operated User Selection Equipment has two buttons, one on the left side of the wheel and the other on the right side of the wheel. It is used to select the text and alter the text, for copying and pasting.

2. Mouse wheel: It is present in between the mouse button and is used to scroll down, drop and drag the content.

3. Ball or Laser or LED: It is present in optical and mechanical types of mouse. These help in tracking the mouse’s movement and also in moving the cursor on the desktop.

4. Wired or wireless cable: It is the connection which connects the computer system to the computer mouse through the USB port. The wireless mouse is connected through Bluetooth and others.

Uses of MOUSE

• It is used in computers as a pointer device and is operated by the right hand
• It is used to select, drag, drop and hover the data or text in MS Word or MS Excel and likewise
• The wheel is used to scroll down the application on the computer
• It is also used to open and close the application as well as the computer system or laptop
• By dragging the mouse we can easily copy and paste the text from MS word to MS PowerPoint
• It helps in executing and running the program or application easily and smoothly

Conclusion

MOUSE stands for Manually Operated User Selection Equipment or Mechanically operated user single engine and is a device which is attached to a computer system. It works as a pointer device for scrolling, dragging, dropping, selection and many more purposes. It is the key to operating all the functions and programs accurately and smoothly of the system. The parts of MOUSE include a left and right button with a wheel in between and also include a wired or wireless cable with a laser or LED. It allows the movement of the cursor and is movable small hardware.