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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>mouse droppings</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../M.html" title="M"/><link rel="previous" href="mouse-belt.html" title="mouse belt"/><link rel="next" href="mouse-elbow.html" title="mouse elbow"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">mouse droppings</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="mouse-belt.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">M</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="mouse-elbow.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="mouse-droppings"/><dt xmlns="" id="mouse-droppings"><b>mouse droppings</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [MS-DOS] Pixels (usually single) that are not properly restored when
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the mouse pointer moves away from a particular location on the screen,
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producing the appearance that the mouse pointer has left droppings behind.
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The major causes for this problem are programs that write to the screen
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memory corresponding to the mouse pointer's current location without hiding
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the mouse pointer first, and mouse drivers that do not quite support the
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graphics mode in use.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="mouse-belt.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../M.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="mouse-elbow.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">mouse belt </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> mouse elbow</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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