stackyFACTSBefore settling on the rodent-inspired moniker due to the attached tail-like cord, early interface engineers experimented with calling the device a 'turtle'. The hard plastic shell hovering over a rolling mechanism closely mimicked a turtle slowly crawling across a desk.
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