e/Dial box

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has gloss	eng: A dial box is a computer peripheral for direct 3D manipulation e.g. to interactively input the rotation and torsion angles of a model displayed on a computer screen. Dial boxes were common input tools in the first years of interactive 3D graphics and they were available for Silicon Graphics (SGI) or Sun Microsystems and sold with their workstations. Currently they have been replaced by standard computer mouse interaction techniques.
lexicalization	eng: dial box
instance of	(noun) (computer science) electronic equipment connected by cable to the CPU of a computer; "disk drives and printers are important peripherals" peripheral, computer peripheral, peripheral device

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