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From: RUBIN@COLUMBIA-20.ARPA
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Subject: Re: need name of digitizer "puck"
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Date: Mon, 26-Mar-84 15:07:01 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 26 15:07:01 1984
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From:  Michael Rubin <RUBIN@COLUMBIA-20.ARPA>

The generic name for an x-y or x-y-z position-sensing device, according to
the ACM Core Graphics specifications, is "locator."  Other input devices are
"valuator" (a one-dimensional locator), "stroke" (freehand drawing), "pick"
(to select from a menu), "keyboard", and "button."
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