light pen

Noun

Meaning

(computer science) a pointer that when pointed at a computer display senses whether or not the spot is illuminated

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

light-pen

Synonyms

electronic stylus mouse pen pointer cursor stylus joystick touchpad optical wand touchpoint electronic pen touchpad pointer optical pointing absolute pointing device movable screen pointer
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Hypernyms

pointer

Examples

A light pen could be used with the Type 30 to pick points on the display. Source: Internet

Because the user was required to hold his arm in front of the screen for long periods of time or to use a desk that tilts the monitor, the light pen fell out of use as a general purpose input device. Source: Internet

It used a 7.16 MHz 8088-2 processor, had 384k of memory (upgradeable to 640 KB on the motherboard), came with either one or two 5.25" internal floppy disk drives, had the light pen port (not a serial port) like the original Tandy 1000. Source: Internet

Two peripherals were also available for the Vectrex, a light pen and a 3D imager. Source: Internet

It used a light pen to guide creating and manipulating objects in engineering drawings. Source: Internet

The default type for undeclared variables not identified by such typing statements, is single-precision floating point ( 32-bit MBF ). citation GW-BASIC allowed use of joystick and light pen input devices. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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