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point-and-click

[ point-n-klik ]

adjective

, Computers.
  1. of or denoting an interface with which the user typically interacts by using a mouse to move the cursor and then clicking on a screen object.


point-and-click

adjective

  1. computing of or relating to the way a computer mouse can be used to select and operate functions from a computer screen

    a bright and cheerful point-and-click interface

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of point-and-click1

First recorded in 1980–85
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Example Sentences

In the early 1980s, as Apple was developing the first mouse-based point-and-click system, developers ran into a puzzling question.

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