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== Pointer ==
[[File:CursorListHorizontal.png|thumb|The common
[[File:mouse-cursor-hand-pointer.svg|thumb|right|Common pointer types (enlarged)]]
In [[computing]], a '''pointer''' or '''mouse pointer''' (as part of a [[personal computer]] [[WIMP (computing)|WIMP]] style of interaction)<ref name="nytimes cellphone">{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/17/science/17map.html | title=The Cellphone, Navigating Our Lives | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=February 16, 2009 | access-date=December 14, 2011 | author=Markoff, John | ___location=New York | quote=[...] so-called WIMP interface — for windows, icons, menus, pointer [...]}}</ref><ref name="microsoft ">{{cite web | url=http://research.microsoft.com/apps/pubs/default.aspx?id=68165 | title=Haptic Issues for Virtual Manipulation | publisher=[[Microsoft]] | date=December 1996 | access-date=December 14, 2011 | author=Hinckley, Ken | quote=The Windows-Icons-Menus-Pointer (WIMP) interface paradigm dominates modern computing systems.}}</ref><ref name="microsoft input technologies">{{cite web | url=http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/kenh/papers/InputChapter.pdf | title=Input Technologies and Techniques | publisher=[[Microsoft]] | access-date=December 14, 2011 | author=Hinckley, Ken | quote=Researchers are looking to move beyond the current "WIMP" (Windows, Icons, Menus, and Pointer) interface [...] }}</ref> is a symbol or graphical image on the [[computer monitor]] or other [[display device]] that echoes movements of the [[pointing device]], commonly a [[mouse (computing)|mouse]], [[touchpad]], or [[digital pen|stylus]] pen. It signals the point where actions of the user take place. It can be used in [[Text-based user interface|text-based]] or [[graphical user interface]]s to select and move other elements. It is distinct from the cursor, which responds to [[computer keyboard|keyboard]] input. The cursor may also be repositioned using the pointer.
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===Appearance===
[[File:Cursor-design1-hourglass.svg|48x48px|thumb|A ''wait''
The pointer ''hotspot'' is the active pixel of the pointer, used to target a [[Point and click|click]] or [[Drag and drop|drag]]. The hotspot is normally along the pointer edges or in its center, though it may reside at any ___location in the pointer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://courses.ece.uiuc.edu/ece390/books/labmanual/io-devices-mouse.html|title=Mouse|access-date=2008-05-29 |archive-date=2009-02-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203010030/http://courses.ece.uiuc.edu/ece390/books/labmanual/io-devices-mouse.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/0b1674x8(VS.80).aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080502133500/http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/0b1674x8(VS.80).aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 2, 2008|title=Setting a Cursor's Hot Spot|date=May 2, 2008}}</ref>
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