"trackpoint" meaning in English

See trackpoint in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: trackpoints [plural]
Etymology: track + point Etymology templates: {{compound|en|track|point}} track + point Head templates: {{en-noun}} trackpoint (plural trackpoints)
  1. (computing) An individual record within a GPS of a visited location. Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-trackpoint-en-noun-m3RuezkI Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: trackpoints [plural]
Etymology: After the IBM TrackPoint. Etymology templates: {{m|en||IBM TrackPoint}} IBM TrackPoint Head templates: {{en-noun}} trackpoint (plural trackpoints)
  1. (computing) A pointing stick. Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-trackpoint-en-noun-nz5gvPfe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English genericized trademarks Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 81 Disambiguation of English genericized trademarks: 19 81 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for trackpoint meaning in English (2.3kB)

{
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "track",
        "3": "point"
      },
      "expansion": "track + point",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "track + point",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "trackpoints",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "trackpoint (plural trackpoints)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Computing",
          "orig": "en:Computing",
          "parents": [
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An individual record within a GPS of a visited location."
      ],
      "id": "en-trackpoint-en-noun-m3RuezkI",
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "individual",
          "individual"
        ],
        [
          "record",
          "record"
        ],
        [
          "GPS",
          "GPS"
        ],
        [
          "location",
          "location"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) An individual record within a GPS of a visited location."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "trackpoint"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "",
        "3": "IBM TrackPoint"
      },
      "expansion": "IBM TrackPoint",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "After the IBM TrackPoint.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "trackpoints",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "trackpoint (plural trackpoints)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Computing",
          "orig": "en:Computing",
          "parents": [
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 81",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 81",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English genericized trademarks",
          "parents": [
            "Genericized trademarks",
            "Terms by etymology",
            "Trademarks",
            "Terms by usage"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A pointing stick."
      ],
      "id": "en-trackpoint-en-noun-nz5gvPfe",
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "pointing stick",
          "pointing stick"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) A pointing stick."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "trackpoint"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English compound terms",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English genericized trademarks",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "track",
        "3": "point"
      },
      "expansion": "track + point",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "track + point",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "trackpoints",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "trackpoint (plural trackpoints)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Computing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An individual record within a GPS of a visited location."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "individual",
          "individual"
        ],
        [
          "record",
          "record"
        ],
        [
          "GPS",
          "GPS"
        ],
        [
          "location",
          "location"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) An individual record within a GPS of a visited location."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "trackpoint"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English genericized trademarks",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "",
        "3": "IBM TrackPoint"
      },
      "expansion": "IBM TrackPoint",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "After the IBM TrackPoint.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "trackpoints",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "trackpoint (plural trackpoints)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Computing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A pointing stick."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "pointing stick",
          "pointing stick"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) A pointing stick."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "trackpoint"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (210104c and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.