autoclick

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English

Etymology

auto- +‎ click

Noun

autoclick (uncountable)

  1. (computing) A software feature that simulates the click of a mouse button.
    • 2006, Wally Wang, Steal this Computer Book 4.0:
      Rather than hire hordes of people to click banner ads, some website operators run automated programs known as autoclick software.
    • 2012, John Paul Mueller, Windows 8 For Dummies Quick Reference:
      When you hover the mouse cursor over an item that has the autoclick feature enabled, the feature is automatically clicked after a second or two.

Verb

autoclick (third-person singular simple present autoclicks, present participle autoclicking, simple past and past participle autoclicked)

  1. (computing, of a program) To simulate a click without direct user input.
    • 2002 August 12, David Ripton, “MTGO works in Linux with Win4Lin”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.misc (Usenet):
      Push the Freakin' Button, a little freeware program to autoclick on annoying Windows buttons

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