"light pen" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: light pens [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} light pen (plural light pens)
  1. (computer hardware) A pen-like device allowing a computer user to interact with the screen display. Wikipedia link: light pen Categories (topical): Computer hardware Related terms: stylus Translations (a computer input device): 光筆 /光笔 (guāngbǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), valokynä (Finnish), crayon optique [masculine] (French), Lichtgriffel [masculine] (German), φωτογραφίδα (fotografída) [feminine] (Greek), fényceruza (Hungarian), ライトペン (raito pen) (Japanese), 라이트 펜 (raiteu pen) (Korean), светово́е перо́ (svetovóje peró) [neuter] (Russian)

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