pointing stick

isometric joystick typically mounted in a keyboard
class practices Q20141
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pointing stick

Summary

pointing stick ranks in the top 7% of practices entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (356 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • pointing stick's image is recorded as Mouse pointing stick.jpeg[2].
  • pointing stick's subclass of is recorded as pointing device[3].
  • pointing stick's subclass of is recorded as joystick[4].
  • pointing stick's Commons category is recorded as Pointing sticks[5].
  • pointing stick's has part is recorded as strain gauge[6].
  • pointing stick's has part is recorded as handle[7].
  • pointing stick's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01jmwz[8].
  • pointing stick's BabelNet ID is recorded as 01715267n[9].
  • pointing stick's image of interior is recorded as Pointing stick of a Lenovo ThinkPad keyboard-4488.jpg[10].
  • pointing stick's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 68960980[11].
  • pointing stick's ArchWiki article is recorded as TrackPoint[12].
  • pointing stick's ArchWiki article is recorded as TrackPoint_(Español)[13].
  • pointing stick's FOLDOC ID is recorded as TrackPoint[14].

Why It Matters

pointing stick ranks in the top 7% of practices entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (356 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). pointing stick. Retrieved March 12, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/pointing-stick
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_pointing-stick_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{pointing stick}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/pointing-stick}, note = {Accessed: 2026-03-12}}
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