joypad
English edit
Etymology edit
From joy + pad, modelled on earlier joystick.
Noun edit
joypad (plural joypads)
- (video games) A type of game controller held in the hands, where the digits (especially thumbs) are used to provide input.
- 2000, Rebbecca Ray, Pure, page 362:
- I heard it through Michael's window, I dropped the joypad on his floor.
- 2004, Simon Carless, Gaming Hacks, page 146:
- If you enjoy playing arcade-style games on your PC, you may have found that they benefit immensely from a joypad.
- 2006, Karl-Friedrich Kraiss, editor, Advanced Man-Machine Interaction, page 361:
- Joypads, as they are used in the gaming idustry, have the great advantage that they are designed to be used without looking at them (relief buttons, hand ergonomics).
Synonyms edit
Hypernyms edit
Translations edit
gamepad — see gamepad
See also edit
References edit
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English joypad.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
joypad m inan
Declension edit
Declension of joypad
Further reading edit
- joypad in Polish dictionaries at PWN