haptic
adjective
uk/ˈhæp.tɪk/us/ˈhæp.tɪk/internet & telecomsspecialized
A hapticdevicecreatesaphysicalfeelingsuch as apushorvibrationso that youknow, forexample, when you havepressedortouchedsomething on ascreen:
The haptictouchscreensbuzzgentlywhen akeyhas beentouched.
sciencespecialized
relatingto thesenseoftouch:
触(觉)的For her, theartactivityis haptic - she mayleaveapatternin thesandbut thepatternis not thepoint.
Another touch-baseddeviceis the hapticpen, which can beprogrammedto "feel" thedifferencebetween twosubstances, such asoilandwater.
Compare
tactile
- Hapticinteractivetechnologyletsvisitorsexperiencemuseumexhibitsmorerealistically.
- Thephoneis "haptic,"meaningthere is aphysicalpulseandfeedbackwhen theusertapsthescreen.
- Smartfluidscouldthusbe used in hapticdevicesrangingfromjoysticksforgamingtoinstrumentsforremotesurgery.
- A hapticmousewouldallowyou tofeelas youmoveover awindowon acomputerscreen.
- Thesephonesfeature"haptic"sensoryfeedbacktechnologythatprovidessubtlebutpreciseconfirmationthat avirtualkeyhas been "pressed".
Computer concepts
- 3-D printing
- adaptive learning
- additive manufacturing
- addy
- aeroplane mode
- backup
- capture
- computing
- configuration
- information age
- information security
- information superhighway
- infosec
- internet
- scan
- transcoding
- Trojan horse
- tuple
- Turing Machine
- Turing test
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