1. Pixels (usually single) that are not properly restORed when the {mouse pointer} 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 quite suppORt the graphics mode in use. 2. ORld-Wide Web, jargon> The client address recORded in a WORld-Wide Web server' s log whenever a client connects to 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)