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light pen

NOUN
pointer for computer display
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Do you prefer the feel of a light pen or a heavy one?

From Washington Post Mar. 14, 2023

By contrast, the picture telephone and a demonstration of a light pen captured my imagination.

From Seattle Times Oct. 1, 2021

With Sketchpad, users created graphics with a light pen and could then manipulate lengths and angles in their designs.

From Scientific American Jun. 22, 2012

Then, for example, the computer's taped voice asks the student to touch the word ran on the screen with a "light pen."

From Time Magazine Archive

Corrections should always be made in the margin, and never in the text: faults in the types or text to be indicated only by light pen marks.

From Abbreviations and Signs A Primer of Information about Abbreviations and Signs, with Classified Lists of Those in Most Common Use by Frederick W. (Frederick William) Hamilton



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