trackball
A trackball is a pointing device with a movable ball set in a housing, used to control a cursor instead of sliding a mouse
Meaning
A trackball is a pointing device with a movable ball set in a housing, used to control a cursor instead of sliding a mouse. In conversation it commonly represents computing, hardware, or input devices, and can signal tech enthusiasm or nostalgia for older equipment. It often appears in discussions of ergonomics, gaming setups, or retro technology. Less commonly it stands in for precise control or manual adjustment of a system. Usage is fairly niche, so the intended meaning can be unclear without context; it is sometimes confused with a mouse or webcam.
Trackball — Approved as part of Unicode 7.0 in 2014.
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Names from Unicode CLDR 48.2.1 — official Unicode data.
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Unicode data
U+1F5B2 U+FE0FtrackballF0 9F 96 B2 EF B8 8FShortcodes
:trackball:HTML & CSS
🖲️🖲️\1F5B2 \FE0F Languages
\u{1F5B2}\u{FE0F}\U0001F5B2\uFE0F\x{1F5B2}\x{FE0F}\u{1F5B2}\u{FE0F}Encodings
xn--v86c4584b%F0%9F%96%B2%EF%B8%8FFrequently asked
What does 🖲️ trackball mean?
A trackball is a pointing device with a movable ball set in a housing, used to control a cursor instead of sliding a mouse. In conversation it commonly represents computing, hardware, or input devices, and can signal tech enthusiasm or nostalgia for older equipment. It often appears in discussions of ergonomics, gaming setups, or retro technology. Less commonly it stands in for precise control or manual adjustment of a system. Usage is fairly niche, so the intended meaning can be unclear without context; it is sometimes confused with a mouse or webcam.
What are the Unicode codepoints and shortcode for 🖲️ trackball?
U+1F5B2 U+FE0F (Unicode 7.0, 2014) · :trackball:
Which emojis are related to 🖲️ trackball?
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