[1] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

pointing device
     
         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
     
     
see also:
cad graphical user interfaces point click drag mouse 
mouse pointer tracker ball trackpad lightpen digitising tablets 
data glove 

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