Even though wireless mouse uses very little power and should last pretty long, but they still need fresh batteries once in a while… Running out of batteries in the middle of a game or presentation is always a bad situation.Īs you might have guessed it, wired mice refer to every mouse that has an attached cable and requires to be plugged into a computer device. The good: Freedom! Carry the mouse all around, no messy wires to deal with.

The computer will receive those wireless signals and act accordingly.Īs to the “wireless signals” part, please take note that it is not universal – Some wireless mouse uses the common Bluetooth standard, some uses a 2.4 GHz wireless standard, and a few others have their own proprietary wireless USB dongle.

The mouse itself acts as the transmitter, giving out wireless signals as you move and click.

Otherwise known as a cordless mouse, these refer to every mouse that does not have a piece of cable sticking out Instead of using the “traditional” cables, wireless mice use radio frequency (RF) to communicate with computer devices. Let us now walk through the various types of computer mouse in this section.

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