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

Word History and Origins

Origin of point-and-click¹

First recorded in 1980–85

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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