mouse pad

Computers.

1. a small, typically foam rubber sheet used to provide a stable surface on which a mouse can be moved.

Word History and Origins

Origin of mouse pad¹

1980–85

Example Sentences

A mouse pad can be as simple as a square piece of rubber, but it can enhance your computing experience in all kinds of ways if you let it.

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To lay out my big mouse pad, I had to clear off the desk completely and it was actually clean for a time.

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Instead of having a mouse pad next to your keyboard, the keyboard sits on the mouse pad.

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Lots of people get around this by simply not using a mouse pad.

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And, despite the fact that many mice don’t absolutely need a mouse pad to function on most surfaces, you really should be using one.

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