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Description

Mouse

a popular computer input device, vaguely shaped like a real mouse, that
allows the user to select commands displayed on a monitor and easily initiate
those commands by clicking the device. A mouse is used by moving it around
a small field on a physical desktop (often a mousepad). Moving the mouse
positions a pointer, or mouse cursor on the monitor. When the cursor is in
position, (placed over a command button, or hyperlink) the mouse is clicked to
initiate the command. The mouse was developed by Douglas Engelbart and
Xerox Corporation in the 1970s, adopted by Apple soon after, and utilized with
huge success by Microsoft with the introduction of Windows in the early 1990s.
The mouse is a vital component of the graphical user interface. The plural of
mouse is mice and they are available in cordless models.