What is the wheel on a mouse called?

There is a wheel on the mouse that performs the function of rewinding the page. It is also a button, by clicking on which we can scroll through the page by simply moving the mouse up and down, without pressing additional buttons. It's very convenient, but many people don't know what it's called.

Variants of the name of the wheel on the mouse

There are several concepts:

1. Just a wheel. A standard concept used by all beginners who have just started using a mouse. It is used because this button is considered a wheel and must be turned to turn pages.
2. Scroll. This is considered an official concept used by advanced users. They are already familiar with computer terminology, and know that the word comes from the English language (from the word Scrolling).

What is the correct name for the wheel on a mouse?

The official name is scroll. It is international, so it is not often used in the Russian lexicon. But advanced computer users and programmers know that computer technology is based on English terminology, so it is easier for them to get used to such terms.

However, few ordinary users use such terms. Among PC users, very few know the origin of this term and use it in everyday life.

Origin of the term

In English there is a phrase mouse wheel scrolling that literally translates as scrolling the mouse wheel. But to shorten it, they simply started calling it scrolling. At the same time, the word scrolling is a verb and means process (due to the addition of the ending ing). Therefore, you need to come up with a noun for the name. According to the rules of the English language, after removing the ending, the word scroll was obtained, which became the name.

Reference! But at the same time, in Russian, the process of turning a page is more often called scrolling or rewinding rather than scrolling.

This is due to the fact that not all people know English; moreover, it is not always considered appropriate to use foreign words if the meaning can be conveyed using Russian names (even if a person knows the name, it is not a fact that the interlocutor will understand it).