point-and-click

[ point-n-klik ]

adjectiveComputers.
  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.

Origin of point-and-click

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First recorded in 1980–85

Words Nearby point-and-click

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How to use point-and-click in a sentence

  • 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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British Dictionary definitions for point-and-click

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

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