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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 Hamilton, Frederick W. (Frederick William)



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