touch screen
screen used as an input device by identifying the place on a screen that has been touched
Touchscreen
Touchscreens are display overlays which have the ability to display and receive information on the same screen. The effect of such overlays allows a display to be used as an input device, removing the keyboard and/or the mouse as the primary input device for interacting with the display's content. Such displays can be attached to computers or, as terminals, to networks. Touchscreens also have assisted in recent changes in the design of
personal digital assistant (PDA),
satellite navigation and
mobile phone devices, making these devices more usable.
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touch screen
touch screen
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hardware> An input device that allows user to interact with computer by touching the display screen.
Often this uses beams of infrared light that are projected across the screen surface. Interrupting the beams generates an electronic signal identifying the location of the screen. Software interprets the signal and performs the required operation.
(1995-04-13)
(c) Copyright 1993 by Denis Howe
Touch Screen
a computer screen with sensors that respond to touch.