01-27-2026, 06:24 PM
That the speed of a computer mouse is measured in Mickey's ?
I was just randomly scrolling through YouTube shorts and saw that.
Ya learn something new every day.
Quote:Animal-based names are surprisingly common when it comes to units of measurement. In addition to horsepower (which usually measures the output of engines or motors) and hogsheads (today mostly used for alcohol), there’s also the mickey — a semi-official means of measuring the speed of a computer mouse. Named after a certain Disney character who’s probably the world’s most famous rodent, it’s specifically used to describe the smallest measurable movement the device can take. In real terms, that equals 1/200th of an inch, or 0.1 millimeter. Both the sensitivity (mickeys per inch) and speed (mickeys per second) of a computer mouse are measured this way by computer scientists.
I was just randomly scrolling through YouTube shorts and saw that.
Ya learn something new every day.




