point–and–click

adjective

computers : used by pointing to images on a computer screen and pressing a mouse or other device

Full Definition of POINT-AND-CLICK

: of, relating to, or being a computer interface that allows the activation of a file or function by selection with a pointing device (as a mouse)

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1983

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