Computer mouse terms

Updated: 11/12/2023 by Computer Hope

Computer mouse terms with full definitions and information on each term. Explore this list of over 50 terms like GUI, mice, USB, and right-click. Navigate quickly through the list by clicking one of the letters below; for example, click 'T' to find terms like 'touchpad' in the 'T' section.

Definition of a computer mouse
Top 10 mouse terms
Computer Mouse

Input device
GUI
Mice
USB
Right-click
Serial port
Pointing device
Scroll bar
Mouse pointer
Joystick

Number

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A

Air mouse
Arc Mouse
Arc Touch Mouse
Auto-scroll

B

Bluetooth

C

Click
Click-and-drag
Computer mouse
Cordless mouse
Ctrl+click
Cursor

D

Double-click
Drag
Drag-and-drop
Drag-select

E

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F

Footmouse

G

GUI

H

HID
Highlight
Horizontal scrolling
Hourglass
Hover

I
I-beam and I-cursor

I-beam pointer
I-cursor
Infrared
Input device
Input driver
IntelliMouse

J

J-Mouse
Joystick

K

Keyboard mouse

L

Laser mouse

M
Mouse button clicking a button

Mechanical mouse
Mice
Mickey
Middle-click
Mouse
Mouse button
Mouse chording
Mouse driver
Mouse Keys
Mouse pad
Mouse pointer
Mouse Properties
Mouse sensitivity

N

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O

Optical mouse
Optomechanical mouse

P

Point
Point-and-click
Pointing device
PS/2

Q

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R

Right-click

S

Scroll
Scroll bar
Scroll box
Serial mouse
Serial port
Shift+click
Shift-clicking
Single-click
Stroke
Surface Arc Mouse

T

Touchpad
Track
Trackball
Tracking
Tracking speed
TrackPoint

U

USB

V

Vertical mouse
Vertical scrolling

W

Wait cursor
Wheel mouse
Wireless
Wireless mouse
Wrist rest

X

X-Y Position Indicator

Y

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Z

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