joystick : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: joystick	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for joystick
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
joystick n a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane Synonym(s): stick, control stick, joystick a manual control consisting of a vertical handle that can move freely in two directions; used as an input device to computers or to devices controlled by computers
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
joystick A device consisting of a hand held stick that pivots about one end and transmits its angle in two dimensions to a computer. Joysticks are often used to control games, and usually have one or more push-buttons whose state can also be read by the computer. Most I/O interface cards for {IBM PC}s have a joystick (game control) port. (1995-03-08)