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    612-822-4611

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Why Is It Called a Mouse?: Weird Tech History, Word Origins, and Strange Stories from a Computer Repair Guy

Why Is It Called a Mouse?: Weird Tech History, Word Origins, and Strange Stories from a Computer Repair Guy

Brush, Jeff

Paperback

EtymologyGeneral ReferenceGeneral Computers

ISBN13: 9798160562278
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Oct 6 2026
Pages: 88
Weight: 0.25
Height: 0.18 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Ever wonder why it's called a mouse?

A computer repair guy finally went looking for answers, and what he found is stranger, funnier, and more surprising than you'd ever guess.

Why do we boot a computer? Why is junk email named after canned meat? Why does the Save button still look like a floppy disk nobody has used in decades? Every everyday piece of tech has a hidden story, and this book tells the best of them.

Inside, you'll discover:

  • The moth that became the most famous bug in history
  • Why Wi-Fi doesn't actually stand for anything
  • The coffee pot that invented the webcam
  • The moon-landing software that was sewn by hand
  • The floppy disks that guarded America's nukes until 2019
  • Why Ctrl+Alt+Delete was never meant for you to use
  • The movie star who almost invented Wi-Fi (and the truth behind the legend)

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