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light pen
Last modified: Thursday, February 13, 2003
An input device that utilizes a light-sensitive detector to selectobjects on a display screen. A light pen is similar to a mouse, except that with a light pen you can move the pointer and select objects on the display screen by directly pointing to the objects with the pen.
