touchpad

[ tuhch-pad ]

nounComputers.
  1. a computer input device for controlling the pointer on a display screen by sliding the finger along a touch-sensitive surface: used chiefly in laptop computers.

Origin of touchpad

1
First recorded in 1990–95; touch + pad1

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