词语掌故：计算机术语(1/3)

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概述：计算机技术已经成为现代最重要的技术之一，其中包含了很多独特的术语。还记得最早的鼠标长什么样吗？一起来看看吧！
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答疑：Silvanus_ssComputer technology has become a major part of people's lives. This technology has its own special words. One example is the word mouse. A computer mouse is not a small animal that lives in buildings and open fields. It is a small device that you move around on a flat surface in front of a computer. The mouse moves the pointer, or cursor, on the computer screen.
Computer expert Douglas Engelbart developed the idea for the mouse in the early 1960s . The first computer mouse was a carved block of wood with two metal wheels. It was called a mouse because it had a tail at one end. The tail was the wire that connected it to the computer.  
Using a computer takes some training. People who are experts are sometimes called hackers. A hacker is usually a person who writes software programs in a special computer language. But the word hacker is also used to describe a person who tries to steal information from computer systems.计算机技术已经成为人们生活的重要组成部分，它有自己专用的词语，例如鼠标（mouse）。电脑的鼠标可不是那种生活在建筑物里或室外的小动物。它是一种你可以用来在电脑前的水平表面上移动的小装置，鼠标用于操作计算机屏幕上的指针或光标。  
在二十世纪六十年代早期，计算机专家道格拉斯·恩格尔巴特（Douglas Engelbart）率先提出了鼠标这个概念。这是一个有着两个金属轮子的木雕制品。因为它有个尾巴而被称为鼠标，这个尾巴就是连接计算机的数据线。
人们要使用计算机需要参加一些培训。计算机专家有时也被称为黑客（hackers）。黑客通常是指使用特殊计算机语言编写软件程序的人。但是，黑客一词也用于形容试图从计算机系统非法窃取信息的人。