touchpad

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English

A laptop computer touchpad

Pronunciation

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Etymology

touch + pad

Noun

touchpad (plural touchpads)

1. (computing) A flat surface which is sensitive to touch, used mostly in laptop computers to control an on-screen cursor.

Translations

flat surface which is sensitive to touch

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 觸摸板, 触摸板 (chùmōbǎn), 觸控板 (zh), 触控板 (chùkòngbǎn)

• Esperanto: tuŝplato
• Finnish: kosketuslevy (fi)
• French: pavé tactile (fr) m, touchpad (fr) m
• German: Touchpad n, Tastfeld n,

• Japanese: タッチパッド (tatchipaddo)
• Jèrriais: natte ès touches f
• Korean: 터치패드 (teochipaedeu)
• Polish: touchpad (pl) m
• Portuguese: touchpad m
• Russian: тачпад (ru) m (tačpád), сенсорная панель f (sɛ́nsornaja panɛ́lʹ)
• Turkish: dokunut (tr)

Synonyms

• trackpad

See also

• computer
• GUI
• mouse
• trackball