Computer Mice or Mouses?

[Garson O'Toole]

Ben Zimmer wrote
> More snippet view, but probably legit (give or take a year or two):
>
> * "mouses"
> _Australian computer journal, Volumes 2-3_ (1970?)
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Great work, Ben! Thanks for sharing these citations. The "mouses" and
"mice" are neck-and-neck. Using the specialized databases of the IEEE
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) and the ACM
(Association for Computing Machinery) might be a worthwhile way to
verify citations and possibly make further progress.
Garson

On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 4:17 PM, Ben Zimmer
<bgzimmer at babel.ling.upenn.edu> wrote:
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> On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 3:46 PM, Ben Zimmer wrote:
>>
>> Snippet view for these, but they look OK.
>>
>> * "mouses"
>> _Proceedings of the Summer Computer Simulation Conference, Part 1_ (1973)
>> http://books.google.com/books?id=nHxQAAAAMAAJ&q=mouses
>> The following represent methods of interacting with the data base which is
>> being graphically displayed: (1) Joysticks, (2) Mouses, (3) Graphic Tablets,
>> (4) Keyboards, (5) Light Pens.
>>
>> * "mice"
>> _Proceedings of the 1978 International Computer Music Conference: Volume 1_
>> (1979)
>> http://books.google.com/books?id=1rg5AQAAIAAJ&q=mice
>> These include light-pens, "joy-stick" controllers, tracker-balls, touch
>> sensitive panels, digitizing tablets, and mice (tracker balls mounted in a
>> small housing enabling them to be used much like a digitizing tablet).
>
> More snippet view, but probably legit (give or take a year or two):
>
> * "mouses"
> _Australian computer journal, Volumes 2-3_ (1970?)
> http://books.google.com/books?id=jEdVAAAAMAAJ
> A number of graphic input devices are currently being used with terminals
> employing DVBS. These include Joysticks, Tracker Balls, Mouses, Graphic Tablets
> and others.
>
> * "mice"
> _Darshana international: Volume 10_ (1970?)
> http://books.google.com/books?id=jfwWAQAAIAAJ
> It is becoming commonplace to communicate graphically with lightpens, joysticks,
> displays, and "mice".
>
> --bgz
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