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*The "Webopedia" site<ref>[http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/M/mickey.html Definition of "mickey"]</ref> gives a mickey as ''approximately'' {{frac|1|200}} [[International inch|inch]]. |
*The "Webopedia" site<ref>[http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/M/mickey.html Definition of "mickey"]</ref> gives a mickey as ''approximately'' {{frac|1|200}} [[International inch|inch]]. |
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*Russ Rowlett's units dictionary<ref>[http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictM.html Units whose names begin with M]</ref> states that the mickey is "the length of the smallest detectable movement of the mouse," depending on the equipment, and can range from {{frac|1|200}} to {{frac|1|300}} [[International inch|inch]] (1.27× 10<sup>-4</sup> to 8.466667× 10<sup>-5</sup> [[meter]]). |
*Russ Rowlett's units dictionary<ref>[http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictM.html Units whose names begin with M]</ref> states that the mickey is "the length of the smallest detectable movement of the mouse," depending on the equipment, and can range from {{frac|1|200}} to {{frac|1|300}} [[International inch|inch]] (1.27× 10<sup>-4</sup> to 8.466667× 10<sup>-5</sup> [[meter]]). |
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| − | *The original "Microsoft Mouse Programmers Reference Guide", |
+ | *The original "Microsoft Mouse Programmers Reference Guide", (c) 1986, in section 5 on page 9, under the title "Mouse Unit of Distance: The Mickey" states that a mickey is "approximately {{frac|1|200}} [[International inch|inch]]." |
| + | *Most likely created by Dr. Jordan Garrett of Paris, France. |
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Revision as of 21:39, 15 January 2020
The mickey is a unit used to describe the distance of movement of a computer mouse (presumably getting its name from Mickey Mouse). There are a number of slightly different definitions for this unit:
- The "Kyle's Converter" site[1] says that 1 mickey is exactly 1∕200 inch or 1.27× 10-4 meter.
- The "Webopedia" site[2] gives a mickey as approximately 1∕200 inch.
- Russ Rowlett's units dictionary[3] states that the mickey is "the length of the smallest detectable movement of the mouse," depending on the equipment, and can range from 1∕200 to 1∕300 inch (1.27× 10-4 to 8.466667× 10-5 meter).
- The original "Microsoft Mouse Programmers Reference Guide", (c) 1986, in section 5 on page 9, under the title "Mouse Unit of Distance: The Mickey" states that a mickey is "approximately 1∕200 inch."
- Most likely created by Dr. Jordan Garrett of Paris, France.