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(computing) A program that simulates the click of a mouse, typically used to automate commands in a graphical user interface.
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(graphical user interface) To automatically scroll. Usually activated with the middle button of a mouse. The distance of the cursor from the original location on the screen where the middle button was activated controls speed (increasing with distance) and scrolling direction.
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(computing, UNIX) An abstraction for buffered access to hardware devices, especially storage, where data is read or written in arbitrary-sized blocks.
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(computing) An image that contains the sectors read from an original floppy disk or optical disc.
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The act of pressing a button
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(graphical user interface) The act of pressing a button on a computer mouse or similar input device, both as a physical act and a reaction in the software.
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A reaction in click chemistry.
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The combination button/scroll wheel selection device of some iPods.
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(computing) Causing some action to occur when clicked with a mouse or other pointing device.
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Someone who clicks, for example using a computer mouse.
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(Internet, computing, slang) The inadvertent depressing of a computer mouse button on a wrong selection.
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(computing, Microsoft Windows) A DLL that aids in the installation of a hardware device, chiefly by updating files.
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(intransitive, computing) To navigate by means of the cursor keys.
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A zine distributed on floppy disk.
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(computer hardware) A hardware device utilized by a specific application for purposes of copy protection.
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Alternative spelling of double-click [(computing) The action of pushing the button on a mouse twice in quick succession in order to perform a different task that would be performed from a single-click or triple-click.]
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To click twice on a touchscreen.
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(computing) The action of pushing the button on a mouse twice in quick succession in order to perform a different task that would be performed from a single-click or triple-click.
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Alternative form of drag and drop [(usually attributive, computing, graphical user interface) A feature of a graphical user interface whereby the user can move or copy an object by dragging its visual representation across the screen and releasing it in another location.]
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(computing) An input device like a mouse that can be lifted from a surface and moved in three dimensions.
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(graphical user interface) A motion made with a pointing device, or on a touchscreen, that is recognised by the system as a command.
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(computing) The study of user interfaces that use the sense of touch.
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(dated) An image or passage in an online screen or document that triggers an action.
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(computing) To take something as a controlling input datum.
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A code that serves to unlock something, such as an electronic door or a car stereo (as an antitheft measure).
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(intransitive, computing) To press the left button on a computer mouse.
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Alternative form of left-click [(intransitive, computing) To press the left button on a computer mouse.]
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(computing) While the user is clicking something.
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(transitive, computing) To activate an item on the screen by middle-clicking while the pointer is over it.
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Alternative form of middle-click [(intransitive, computing) To press the middle button on a computer mouse.]
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The action of clicking a button on a computer mouse.
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(computing) The event of an on-screen pointer being over an on-screen shape.
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(computing) Multi-touch capability.
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(Wikimedia jargon) A navigation box; a template placed on a page, outputting a box containing links to other, related articles.
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(computing, historical) A kind of program for copying protected floppy disks.
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(Internet, graphical user interface) An enhanced address bar in a web browser that can also accept certain text commands.
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(graphical user interface) A scrollbar that appears over content as a floating thumb, rather than enclosed within a track.
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A button whose functions are pausing and resuming something, such as a DVD player, a video game or a computer.
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(computing) With which the user interacts by pointing and clicking, using a mouse or similar device.
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(computing) The action of pushing the button on a mouse four times in quick succession.
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(computing) The action of pushing the button on a mouse five times in quick succession.
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A code used in DVD players to allow only DVDs being sold in that region to be played.
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(intransitive, computing) To press the right-hand button on a computer mouse.
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Alternative form of right-click [(intransitive, computing) To press the right-hand button on a computer mouse.]
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(computing) A keyboard feature where each key is scanned independently, so that multiple simultaneous keypresses always register correctly.
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(computing, transitive) To transmit the content of one's computer screen (or a portion of it) to another device.
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(computing) of text or images on a screen, that may be moved by the user to bring other parts of them into view
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(graphical user interface, audio, video) A horizontal bar allowing the user to set the playback position.
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A button (of a joystick, joypad or similar device) that, when pressed, activates any of certain predefined functions that usually, but not always, involve selecting something out of a list of items.
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A type of telegraph key, similar to a straight (pump) key, but whose keying action is in a side-to-side, rather than an up-and-down, motion.
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(computing) To push the button on a mouse once in order to perform different task that would be performed from a double-click or triple-click.
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(computing) To send files to a device or a program (a spooler or a daemon that puts them in a queue for processing at a later time).
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(countable, graphical user interface) An act of interacting with a touch screen by drawing the finger rapidly across it.
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(computing, graphical user interface) To press the Tab key and a modifier key to move between tabs or windows.
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(graphical user interface) To operate an electronic device (e.g. a mobile phone) by tapping a specific place on its (capacitive or other) touch screen.
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(computing, electronics) A tactile element in robotics etc.
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A cursor used to mark the point on a screen display at which the presenter is pointing.
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(computing, graphical user interface) A transient, informational unclickable pop-up overlay, less interactive than a snackbar.
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(graphical user interface) Designed to prioritize touch as an input method.
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(computing) A small wheel, incorporated into a mouse or smartphone, that controls scrolling.
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(computing) The action of pushing the button on a mouse three times in quick succession in order to perform a different task that would be performed from a single-click or double-click.
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(computing, historical) A technique used to speed the generation of data files on punch card, involving multiple copies of frequently used cards that were prepunched and stored in trays arranged by index.
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(computing) An on-screen cursor that serves the same function as a turtle for drawing.
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(historical, computing) A device used to verify that a punched card had been punched correctly.
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