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Pointer

A pointing device that enables the user to select menu items or command options on a display screen for input or output; examples include mouse, trackball, joystick, touchpad, puck, stylus, and light pen. A pointer may be variously represented as an arrow, cross, I-beam, hand, or other object, depending upon the content and application; and may also be known as a "mouse cursor". See image map, insertion point, console. Also, a programming variable that contains the encoded instruction or memory address to jump processing into another part of the data structure. Also, a hypertext link or cue on a webpage; see link.

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