A pointing device is a human interface device that allows a user to input spatial (i.e., continuous and multi-dimensional) data to a computer. Graphical...
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A pointing stick (or trackpoint, also referred to generically as a nub, nipple or clitmouse) is a small analog stick used as a pointing device typically...
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In computing, a pointing device gesture or mouse gesture (or simply gesture) is a way of combining pointing device or finger movements and clicks that...
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designed and manufactured several models of mice, trackpads, and other pointing devices, primarily for use with Macintosh computers. Over the years, Apple...
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devices, such as 3D mice, joysticks, or pointing sticks, function by reporting their angle of deflection. Pointing devices can be classified on: Whether the...
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Digital illustration (section Pointing devices)
images under the direct manipulation of the artist, usually through a pointing device such as a graphics tablet or, less commonly, a mouse. It is distinguished...
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Computer mouse (redirect from 3D pointing device)
A computer mouse (plural mice; also mouses) is a hand-held pointing device that detects two-dimensional motion relative to a surface. This motion is typically...
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Rackmount KVM (category Electronic display devices)
KVM is a computer input/output device offering the combination of a keyboard, video monitor and mouse (pointing device). They are typically constructed...
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(pointing) and then pressing a button on a mouse or other pointing device (click). An example of point and click is in hypermedia, where users click on hyperlinks...
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Trackball (redirect from Roller ball (pointing device))
A trackball is a pointing device consisting of a ball held by a socket containing sensors to detect a rotation of the ball about two axes—like an upside-down...
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A light gun is a pointing device for computers and a control device for arcade and video games, typically shaped to resemble a pistol. The first light...
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clay or wax sculpture models into wood or stone. In essence the device is a pointing needle that can be set to any position and then fixed. It further...
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used to model the act of pointing, either by physically touching an object with a hand or finger, or virtually, by pointing to an object on a computer...
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Pen computing (redirect from Pen-input device)
devices such as a keyboard or a mouse. Historically, pen computing (defined as a computer system employing a user-interface using a pointing device plus...
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WIMP style of interaction uses a virtual input device to represent the position of a pointing device's interface, most often a mouse, and presents information...
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Touchpad (category Pointing devices)
touchpad or trackpad is a type of pointing device. Its largest component is a tactile sensor: an electronic device with a flat surface, that detects the...
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Mouse keys (category Computing input devices)
interfaces that uses the keyboard (especially numeric keypad) as a pointing device (usually replacing a mouse). Its roots lie in the earliest days of...
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In computer graphical user interfaces, drag and drop is a pointing device gesture in which the user selects a virtual object by "grabbing" it and dragging...
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gestures. Types of pointing may be subdivided according to the intention of the person, as well as by the linguistic function it serves. Pointing typically develops...
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graphical user interface, understood as the use of graphic icons and a pointing device to control a computer, covers a five-decade span of incremental refinements...
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screen on the inside of the upper lid and an alphanumeric keyboard and pointing device on the inside of the lower lid. Most of the computer's internal hardware...
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keyboard on the rear side to facilitate typing, and be usable as a pointing device. Wired and wireless remote control was developed in the latter half...
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title bar along the top – and keeping the pointing device's button pressed, then moving the pointing device). A window can be placed in front or behind...
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by Evan Angler Swipe, a fictional band from the movie Tamara Drewe Pointing device gesture, described as "swipe right", "swipe left", or 'swipe up" A...
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with related techniques in graphical user interfaces (GUIs) that use pointing devices such as a computer mouse (by drag and drop, for example). Typically...
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or other display device that echoes movements of the pointing device, commonly a mouse, touchpad, or stylus pen. It signals the point where actions of...
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computing device with a finger or pressing a button on a pointing device, dragging the screen downward with the finger or pointing device, and then releasing...
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Rollerball pen, a type of ballpoint pen and ink Roller ball (pointing device), a trackball-device invented by Ralph Benjamin Rollerball (1975 film), a science...
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input events. Users can see what type of input device is pressed, what button is pressed on that device, and how strongly the button is pressed when it...
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