What (who) is pointing device - definition

COMPUTER INPUT DEVICE USED TO MOVE THE POINTER (E.G. MOUSE OR TRACKPAD)

pointing device

<hardware> Any hardware component that allows a user to input spatial data to a computer. CAD systems and {Graphical User Interfaces} (GUI) allow the user to control and provide data to the computer using physical "gestures" - point, click, and drag - typically by moving a hand-held mouse across the surface of the physical desktop and activating switches on the mouse. Movements of the pointing device are echoed on a graphical representation of a desktop on the screen by movements of the mouse pointer and other visual changes. While the most common pointing device by far is a mouse, other kinds include tracker ball, trackpad, lightpen, various kinds of digitising tablets which use a stylus, and even a special "data glove" that translates the user's movements to computer gestures. (1997-02-03)

Device (pop-rock band)

AMERICAN POP-ROCK TRIO

Device (pop rock band)

Device was a short-lived American pop-rock trio from the mid 1980s, formed by keyboardist, bassist and vocalist Holly Knight. It also included frontman Paul Engemann and guitarist Gene Black.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Device_(pop-rock_band)

Odon device

MEDICAL DEVICE THAT ASSISTS DURING A DIFFICULT BIRTH

Odón device; Odon Device; Odón Device

Odón device is a medical device that assists during a difficult birth. The low-cost device consists of a plastic sleeve that is inflated around the baby's head and is used to gently pull and ease the head of the infant through the birth canal.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odon_device

Wikipedia

Pointing device

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. CAD systems and graphical user interfaces (GUI) allow the user to control and provide data to the computer using physical gestures by moving a hand-held mouse or similar device across the surface of the physical desktop and activating switches on the mouse. Movements of the pointing device are echoed on the screen by movements of the pointer (or cursor) and other visual changes. Common gestures are point and click and drag and drop.

While the most common pointing device by far is the mouse, many more devices have been developed. However, the term mouse is commonly used as a metaphor for devices that move a computer cursor.

Fitts's law can be used to predict the speed with which users can use a pointing device.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointing device

Pronunciation examples for pointing device

1. pointing device, and so forth.

Mobile Usability Futures _ Jakob Nielsen _ Talks at Google

2. The author of this new pointing device

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3. This had the first pointing device. It was distributed,

ted-talks_339_PeterHirschberg_2007P-320k

Examples of use of pointing device

1. "We are all born with the ultimate pointing device – our fingers – and iPhone uses them to create the most revolutionary user interface since the mouse." As well as functioning as a music and video iPod it offers new services such as "visual voicemail", which shows users a list of their messages so they can go straight to the ones they want to listen to most.