Point
1. <unit, text> (Sometimes abbreviated "pt") The unit of length for
text characters.
There are six slightly different definitions:
Truchet point,
Didot point,
ATA point,
TeX point,
Postscript point, and
IN point.
The most commonly used are ATA in the USA and Didot in Europe.
A
twip is 1/20 of a PostScript[?] point.
Different point systems (http://www.vakcer.com/oberon/dtp/fonts/point.htm).
(2002-03-10)
2. <hardware> To move a
pointing device so that the on-screen pointer is positioned over a certain object on the screen such as a
button in a
graphical user interface.
In most window systems it is then necessary to
click a (physical) button on the pointing device to activate or select the object.
In some systems, just pointing to an object is known as "mouse-over"
event which may cause some help text (called a "tool tip" in
Windows) to be displayed.
