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Cosa (chi) è Trackpoint - definizione

ISOMETRIC JOYSTICK TYPICALLY MOUNTED IN A KEYBOARD
Trackpoint; Clit mouse; Mouse nipple; Clitmouse; Track point; TrackPoint; Accu point; Isometric joystick; Nipple mouse; Trackstick; TouchStyk; Keyboard clit; Touch stick; Mouse stick; Stick mouse; Touchstick; Stickmouse; Mousestick; Accupoint; Accu stick; Accustick
  • A Dell Latitude E4310 laptop with a pointing stick (upper middle) and a [[touchpad]] (bottom). They were commonly featured together on Dell Latitude laptops, beginning in the late 1990s.
  • Pointing stick on a [[Lenovo ThinkPad]]
  • A pointing stick on a mid-1990s-era Toshiba laptop. The two buttons below the keyboard act as a computer mouse: the top button is used for left-clicking while the bottom button is used for right-clicking.
  • Detail: rear side of a Lenovo ThinkPad pointing stick with the [[strain gauge]]s. Size: 8 x 8 mm. [https://patents.google.com/patent/US6115030A/en?oq=6115030 Out of patent]
  • IBM ThinkPad caps (left-to-right): Soft Dome, Soft Rim, Classic Dome, Eraser Head (discontinued)
  • A ThinkPad UltraNav featuring both a red pointing stick (top right) and a [[touchpad]] (bottom left)

TrackPoint         
<hardware> (Or "pointing stick", "nipple") A small knob found in the middle of some keyboards that works like a very short isometric joystick. Pressing it toward or away from you or from side to side moves the pointer on the screen. Ted Selker brought the concept of an in-keyboard pointing device to IBM in September 1987. TrackPoint was introduced in 1992 on the IBM ThinkPad and later on some desktops. It takes up virtually no extra room on the box or the work area and also requires minimal movement of the hands from the keyboard. Many imitations of highly variable quality appeared. Pointing sticks have also been used in many other notebook brands, including TI, HP, Compac, Dell, Toshiba (e.g. Portege 4000's "AccuPoint II"), and AST (e.g. Ascentia 910N). "TrackPoint" and "Trackpoint" are IBM trademarks. http://research.ibm.com/mathsci/cmc/trackpoint.htm. [INTERACT'90, North Holland Pub Co, pp. 700-706]. (2003-10-15)
isometric joystick         
<hardware> Any kind of joystick where the input depends on the force exerted rather than the position of the control, e.g. TrackPoint. (2003-06-26)
Pointing stick         
A pointing stick (or trackpoint, also referred to generically as a nub or nipple) is a small analog stick used as a pointing device typically mounted centrally in a computer keyboard. Like other pointing devices such as mice, touchpads or trackballs, operating system software translates manipulation of the device into movements of the pointer or cursor on the monitor.

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Pointing stick

A pointing stick (or trackpoint, also referred to generically as a nub or nipple) is a small analog stick used as a pointing device typically mounted centrally in a computer keyboard. Like other pointing devices such as mice, touchpads or trackballs, operating system software translates manipulation of the device into movements of the pointer or cursor on the monitor. Unlike other pointing devices, it reacts to sustained force or strain rather than to gross movement, so it is called an "isometric" pointing device. IBM introduced it commercially in 1992 on its laptops under the name "TrackPoint", patented in 1997 (patent expired in 2017).

The pointing stick senses applied force by using two pairs of resistive strain gauges. A pointing stick can be used by pushing with the fingers in the general direction the user wants the cursor to move. The velocity of the pointer depends on the applied force so increasing pressure causes faster movement. The relation between pressure and cursor or pointer speed can be adjusted, just as mouse speed is adjusted.

On a QWERTY keyboard, the stick is typically embedded between the G, H and B keys, and the mouse buttons are placed just below the space bar. The mouse buttons can be operated right-handed or left-handed due to their placement below the keyboard along the centerline. This pointing device has also appeared next to screens on compact-sized laptops such as the Toshiba Libretto and Sony VAIO UX.