Mouse is a device used to enter data into a computer other than the keyboard. Mouse obtain such name because the cable is shaped like a tail sticking rats.

Mouse was first created in 1963 by Douglas Engelbart made from wood with a single button. The second model is equipped with 3 buttons. In 1970, Douglas Engelbart introduced the mouse that could find XY position on the computer screen, mouse is known as the XY Position Indicator (XY position indicator).

Form the most common mouse has two buttons, each one at top left and right above that can be suppressed. However, computer-based Macintosh computers typically use one-button mouse.

Mouse to work with motion capture using a touch ball hard and flat surface. The more modern mouse is not using the ball again, but using an optical beam to detect movement. In addition, some are already using wireless technology, both based radio, infrared, or Bluetooth.

Currently, the latest technology has enabled mouse using laser system so that the resolution can reach 2000 points per inch (dpi), one can even reach 4800 points per inch. Usually this mouse model is for fans of video games.