What is Mouse

What is Mouse :-

A mouse is a small pointing device and handheld hardware input device that controls a cursor in computer. By the help of mouse we can make any drawing and can select text, image, files, Icons in computer. Mouse is used  to select menu in  GUI(Graphical user interface) based program.

Who Developed the Mouse:

The computer mouse as we know it today was invented and developed by “Douglas Engelbart”, with the assistance of Bill English, during the 1960's and was patented on November 17, 1970.

When first time mouse was used:

The mouse was originally referred to as an "X-Y Position Indicator for a Display System" and was first used with the Xerox Alto computer system in 1973.

On which computer it was used first time:

The first widely used mouse is the mouse found on the Apple Lisa Computer.

Type of mouse:

We can divide mouse manly for types.

1     1.     Simple mouse
2.    Scroll mouse
3.    Optical mouse
4.    Wireless mouse

1. Simple mouse

This mouse has one ball and four wheels to move the pointer across the screen. This mouse has two buttons. Which is called left and right butto?

To use this mouse a smooth surface is necessary. This mouse uses a cable to connect with computer.

2. Scroll mouse

Scroll mouse is similar to the simple mouse but it has scroll button between left and right button. The large amount of data does not display on one page of the screen so display the next page information on the screen we used scroll Button.

3.Optical mouse

The function of this mouse is different from simple and scroll mouse. In this mouse sensor and photodectector are used.When we move the mouse on the surface then a laser beam fall down on the surface and return fall down to the photodiode. This detector converts the optical data into electronic data. After converting optical data into electronic data, it entered into computer system. And data is processed by processor.

Optical Mouse

4.Wireless mouse.

This mouse is similar to the optical mouse and the function of this mouse is also similar to the optical mouse. it is connected to the computer without cable.In this mouse a ¼ or ½ inch antenna are connected. It get signal from the another device that is connected to the computer system.

Wireless Mouse