1.
graphics, operating system, jargon Pixels (usually
single) that are not properly restored when the
mousepointer moves away from a particular location on the screen,
producing the appearance that the mouse pointer has left
droppings behind. The major causes for this problem are
MS-DOS programs that write to the screen memory
corresponding to the mouse pointer's current location without
hiding the mouse pointer first, and mouse drivers that do not
2. World-Wide Web, jargon The client address recorded in a
site.
Users may be unaware that their activity is being logged in
this way but the potential for misuse of the information is
limited.
[March 1996 Macworld, p260, Viewpoint article by Larry Irving].
(1994-12-05)