light pen
noun[C]
(alsolightpen)uk/ˈlaɪt ˌpen/us/ˈlaɪt ˌpen/a pen-shapeddevicefor makinglines, writing, etc.appearon acomputerscreen:
You candrawon thetabletscreenusing alightpen.
Thepaduses a lightpen to "write"datadirectlyonto thescreen.
a pen-shapeddeviceused forreadingbarcodes:
读码器,条形码扫描器Youaccessthesystemsimplybymovingalightpenacrossthebarcode.
- Lightpensarerarelyseenthesedays, now thattouchscreensandgraphicstabletsarewidelyavailable.
- Thedevicecame with a child-sizemouse, acolourprinterand alightpenfordrawing.
- You canhighlightone of theoptionsbytappingthetouchscreenor with the lightpen.
- Instead of usingchalkormarkers,studentsanswerquestionsusinglightpensor hand-held clickers.
Computer hardware
- 3-D printer
- beamer
- blackberry
- brick
- bubblejet
- card reader
- data projector
- gamepad
- graphics card
- hard drive
- optically
- palmtop
- parallel port
- patch
- patch intosomething
- pen drive
- phablet
- plug and play
- printer
- whiteboard