A generic term for any device (e.g. a graphics tablet, mouse, stylus, or trackball) used to control the movement of a cursor on a computer screen.
〔计算机〕点击设备，指点器
Example sentencesExamples
It has built-in WiFi and Bluetooth, as well as a touchpad as its pointing device.
He outfitted them with then-state-of-the-art PCs and cobbled together head-mounted pointing devices to control the screen cursor.
It uses a touchpad pointing device with a side-scrolling area.
Examples of classes are audio devices; pointing devices, such as mice and touchpads; keyboards; joysticks; IDE disks; and tty devices.
There's also a USB connector for pointing devices.
Definition of pointing device in US English:
pointing device
nounˈpɔɪn(t)ɪŋ dəˌvaɪs
Computing
A generic term for any device (e.g., a graphics tablet, mouse, stylus, pointing stick, or trackball) used to control the movement of a cursor on a computer screen.
〔计算机〕点击设备，指点器
Example sentencesExamples
Examples of classes are audio devices; pointing devices, such as mice and touchpads; keyboards; joysticks; IDE disks; and tty devices.
It has built-in WiFi and Bluetooth, as well as a touchpad as its pointing device.
There's also a USB connector for pointing devices.
He outfitted them with then-state-of-the-art PCs and cobbled together head-mounted pointing devices to control the screen cursor.
It uses a touchpad pointing device with a side-scrolling area.