joyport

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noun

A port for connecting a joystick.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

nounjoyport (plural joyports)

plural joyports

  1. computingA port for connecting a joystick.

    One or more joyports actually exist as an extra option on many floppy controller cards and I/O cards.

    1994, André LaMothe, Teach Yourself Game Programming in 21 Days, page 386
    1 more example

    With Bracy's, especially if you're using the Apple system, getting the joyports to work and the initial data entered correctly can be difficult.

    1987, Cognitive Rehabilitation, volume 5, page 14

Origin

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