"joypad" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From joy + pad, modelled on earlier joystick.",
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  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "ref": "2000, Rebbecca Ray, Pure, page 362",
          "text": "I heard it through Michael's window, I dropped the joypad on his floor.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2004, Simon Carless, Gaming Hacks, page 146",
          "text": "If you enjoy playing arcade-style games on your PC, you may have found that they benefit immensely from a joypad.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Karl-Friedrich Kraiss, editor, Advanced Man-Machine Interaction, page 361",
          "text": "Joypads, as they are used in the gaming idustry, have the great advantage that they are designed to be used without looking at them (relief buttons, hand ergonomics).",
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        "A type of game controller held in the hands, where the digits (especially thumbs) are used to provide input."
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        "(video games) A type of game controller held in the hands, where the digits (especially thumbs) are used to provide input."
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        {
          "word": "joystick"
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      ],
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        {
          "word": "gamepad"
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        "video-games"
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  "word": "joypad"
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "(video games) A type of game controller held in the hands, where the digits (especially thumbs) are used to provide input."
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