What is the Full-Form of Mouse?
It is more convenient to use the word MOUSE, but there are some myths about the existence of its expanded form – Manually Operated User Selection Equipment or Mechanically Operated User Signal Engine.
What are the different operations of a computer mouse?
A mouse is an input device used to control the navigation of the cursor on a computer screen.
The mouse transforms the multi-directional movement of the hand into electronic signals, which the pointer uses to replicate its movement on the screen.
Apart from managing the cursor movement, the mouse also helps to perform other activities by clicking the buttons or scrolling the centre wheel in some specified sequence or any given number of times.
We shall look into the five basic operations performed by mouse
<Click> –
You can select an item or choose a menu by moving the cursor to it and clicking the left button of the mouse.
<Double-Click>
– You can directly open/close an item without opening the menu. Simply point the cursor to an item and double-click the left button.
<Click and Drag>
– You can move an item by dragging it. To move an item, place the pointer to an item, click it and hold the left button. Now drag the item by moving it to the required location and finally drop it by releasing the left button.
<Right-Click>
– You can click the right button on the mouse to open a drop-down menu to enable select any option such as Copy, Paste, Rename, New Folder, etc… The menu is particular to your operations. You can point at the item and right-click the mouse button.
<Scroll wheel>
– Scroll wheel helps in moving the file in an upward and downward direction.
What are the different types of a computer mouse?
The different types of the mouse are as mentioned below:-
Mechanical mice
Bill English, an employer at Xerox PARC, developed the Mechanical mice in 1972. It is a type of mouse that replaced the outer wheels on the backside with a ball rotating in any direction.
Along with the ball, the mouse has two rotating rollers placed perpendicular to each other, detecting the motion of the mouse.
The mouse sends the signals produced by its two optical sensors to the computer through cables.
After receiving the signals, system software converts them into motion, thereby moving the cursor on the computer screen.
Optical and Laser mice
The optical mouse replaced has completely replaced the use of a mechanical mouse.
An optical mouse uses light-emitting diodes (LEDs) as a light source and a series of photodiodes as a light detector to detect the movement of a mouse on a relative surface.
The modern-day optical mice can detect the movement on any surface except polished stone.
The Laser mouse uses coherent or laser diodes which offer better precision and resolution and improving the performance on most of the light reflecting mirror surfaces.
Inertial or gyroscopic mice
Inertial or gyroscopic mice are also known as air mice as it does not require any surface to function.
The inertial mice use a tuning fork or various two-dimensional or three-dimensional accelerometers to produce output signals that transmit data to the computer for determining the cursor movement on the screen.
3D mice
3D mice also referred to as flying mice, bats, or wands. They use ultrasound for their operations and are specific for movement in three-dimensional environments.
The main uses are in the field of gaming consoles, CAD designing, 3D modelling, etc.
Tactile mice
Logitech introduced tactile mice in the year 2000 to enable the blinds to access computer information.
The tactile mouse causes vibration with the help of a small actuator. These mice can enhance the user interface with 3D touch technology.
For example, they give motions or vibrations when a window boundary is crossed.
Pucks
Tablet digitizers are often used with additions known as pucks. They are tools that depend on total positioning.
They are sometimes designed or configured to work like a mouse and are also occasionally shown as mice.
Ergonomic mice
Ergonomic is synonymous with comfort. Hence this type of mouse gives optimal relief and avoids damage to body parts such as carpal tunnel syndrome (a disorder that affects the body joints or injuries to part of the musculoskeletal or nervous system due to vibrations or sitting in the same position for long periods).
It is specially designed in a manner that naturally fits the hand movement and increases comfort.
Gaming mice
As the name suggests, they are mainly used for playing games on the computer. They have a different arrangement of buttons and controls and are designed differently than the regular mouse.
They have decorative lightings and additional buttons that can be used to open a program or to work instead of a combination of keys.
The buttons can also change the sensitivity of the mouse in the case of real-time strategy games.
Gaming mice also takes care of the ergonomic requirements and have adjustable features to avoid injuries.
Some other types of mouse include Foot mouse, Wheel mouse, J mouse, joystick, Trackball mouse.
How is the connectivity of a computer mouse?
With the development in mouse technology, so has the end connectors at the end of the thin cable coming out of the mouse have changed drastically, from the early mouse using RS-232C, PS/2, ADB to the modern-day mouse connected via USB port.
Usually, end connectors are how the mouse is connected to the computer and facilitates the transmission of data into the computer.
What are the different alternatives for a computer mouse?
The concept of the mouse has been widely adapted in laptops to substitute the mouse with an inbuilt mouse pad, and smartphones or touch screen gadgets have a touchpad to perform the actions using finger movement on the screen.
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The speed of the computer mouse, along with its movement in both directions is measured in Mickey.
The ratio of the number of pixels moved by a cursor on a computer screen and the distance moved by the mouse on a mouse pad will determine the speed of the computer mouse.
The Mickey counts measure the horizontal and vertical directional movement of the mouse.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of a computer mouse?
The mouse serves as an interface for PC based games and a console for video games too.
Advantages
It is mostly used with the desktop computer and offers flexibility in movement and better GUI.
Different ranges of models are available in the market, which gives an option to choose depending on an individual requirement.
Disadvantages
It requires a flat surface for it to operate.
It requires regular maintenance and also sensitive to dust.
It cannot help to input the text command to the computer.
Our hand can pain with the prolonged use of the computer mouse.
It is difficult to envisage a world where the mouse did not have its existence.
Although it has been replaced by touch screens and mouse pads in laptops and smartphones, the computer mouse had created a revolution in the way we used the computer and connected us to the world.
The computer mouse remains an efficient pointing device for its speed and accuracy.
We would be struggling with the keyboards to inputs the commands if the mouse was not invented. (My View) Writer
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