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MOUSE TRAILS

Specialty Definition: MOUSE TRAILS

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Computing

Mouse trails A feature (usually of Graphical User Interfaces) which causes the mouse pointer to leave a trail across the screen. This is done by keeping track of the last eight or so (maybe configurable) pointer positions, and only erasing the oldest. This means that at any time, there may be up to eight pointers on the screen, but if the mouse is still, they will all be in the same position, and so only one will be visible. When the mouse moves, it appears to leave a trail of pointers behind it, and this can dramatically increase the visibility of the pointer when using LCD screens. The older ones had such long persistence that a single mouse pointer, when moving, tended to be completely invisible, and on a cluttered screen, was very difficult to find. (1996-07-08). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: MOUSE TRAILS

Specialty definitions using "MOUSE TRAILS": Windows 3.1. (references)

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Anagrams: MOUSE TRAILS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-i-l-m-o-r-s-s-t-u"

-1 letter: simulators, somersault.

-2 letters: altruisms, amitroles, amortises, atomisers, emulators, lamisters, misalters, misroutes, moistures, moralises, moralists, muralists, outraises, outsmiles, rolamites, sautoires, simulates, simulator, solariums, staumrels, troiluses, ultraisms.

-3 letters: altruism, amitoses, amitrole, amorists, amortise, amosites, asterism, atomiser, atomises, emulator, erotisms, estriols, isolates, lamister, lamsters, litmuses, loamiest, lousiest, maestros, maltoses, marliest, marlites, misalter, misrates, misroute, misrules, mistrals.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-i-l-m-o-r-s-s-t-u"
 

+2 letters: somersaulting.

 

+3 letters: overstimulates, restimulations, subnormalities, superdiplomats.

 

+4 letters: osmoregulations, rheumatologists, ultramodernists, unsportsmanlike.

 

+5 letters: multifariousness, overstimulations, supernormalities, ultramicroscopes.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: MOUSE TRAILS


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4D 4F 55 53 45      54 52 41 49 4C 53

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001101 01001111 01010101 01010011 01000101 00100000 01010100 01010010 01000001 01001001 01001100 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#79 &#85 &#83 &#69 &#32 &#84 &#82 &#65 &#73 &#76 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 004F 0055 0053 0045      0054 0052 0041 0049 004C 0053

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

47495553392545235434653

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