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Keywords: Stylus, Overlay, Mouse, Lcd, Screen
a visual display terminal screen that responds to instructions as the user touches the screen.
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A transparent glass or hard plastic sheet that mounts over the display viewing area and allows users to make a choice and input via touching the screen.
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The touch-sensitive display on all PDAs. Tap a stylus to an appropriate spot on the PDA's screen, determined by the software you use, and a task is performed automatically.
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A sensitive overlay on a monitor that can detect pressure and activate a target where touched.
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a glass or plastic window covering the computer monitor or display
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an easy to use input device that allows users to control PC software and DVD video by touching the display screen
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an enhancement added either internally or externally to a computer display
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an excellent choice for students unable to opearate the mouse effectively whether for physical or cognitive reasons
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an input device that allows users to operate a PC by simply touching the display screen
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an intuitive computer input device that works by simply touching the display screen, either by a finger, or with a stylus, rather than typing on a keyboard or pointing with a mouse
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A video monitor that also acts as an input device by the action of touching specific locations of the screen to perform some activity or action.
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A computer monitor equipped with a special screen that allows the user to select buttons and icons simply by pushing directly on the screen, as opposed to having to utilize a mouse.
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A display device that acts as an input device by responding to the touch of the user.
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A display, usually an LCD, which has a matrix of transparent keys overlayed on it.
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The touch concept has gained widespread popularity in mobile technology. The layers become conductive when pressure is applied to a spot, and coordinates are sent to the processor. Typically, the touchscreen component is attached directly to the top of the glass LCD panel.
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A screen that can detect and respond to something, such as a finger or a stylus, pressing on it.
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Touchscreens, touch screens, touch panels or touchscreen panels 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.
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