Definitions for d-pad
d-pad

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1. d-padnoun

   A plus-shaped directional input pad on a video game controller that allows for eight degrees of movement, now largely superseded by the thumbstick.

2. Etymology: directional pad

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1. D-pad

   A D-pad (short for directional pad or digital pad; officially referred to by Nintendo as a +Control Pad) is a flat, usually thumb-operated, often digital, four-way directional control with one button on each point, found on nearly all modern video game console gamepads, game controllers, on the remote control units of some television and DVD players, and smart phones. Like early video game joysticks, the vast majority of D-pads are digital; in other words, only the directions provided on the D-pad buttons can be used, with no intermediate values. However, combinations of two directions (up and left, for example) do provide diagonals and many modern D-pads can be used to provide eight-directional input if appropriate. Although D-pads offer less flexibility than analog sticks, they can easily be manipulated (requiring little movement of the thumb) with very high accuracy. They are also far less demanding in maintenance and do not protrude very far from the controller, making them ideal for portable consoles. D-pads have appeared on other kinds of electronic equipment, including A/V remote controls (especially since the appearance of DVD players, which are heavily menu driven), calculators, PDAs, smartphones, and car stereos such as the AutoPC.

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1. D-pad

   A D-pad is a flat, usually thumb-operated directional control with one button on each point, found on nearly all modern video game console gamepads, game controllers, on the remote control units of some television and DVD players, and smart phones. Like early video game joysticks, the vast majority of D-pads are digital; in other words, only the directions provided on the D-pad buttons can be used, with no intermediate values. However, combinations of two directions do provide diagonals and many modern D-pads can be used to provide eight-directional input if appropriate. Although digital D-pads offer less flexibility than analog sticks, they can easily be manipulated with very high accuracy. They are also far less demanding in maintenance and do not protrude very far from the controller, making them ideal for portable consoles such as the Game Boy and the PSP. D-pads such as the ones found on the DualShock 2 and 3 have been developed to measure analog levels of pressure on each of the directional buttons. D-pads have appeared on other kinds of electronic equipment, including A/V remote controls, calculators, PDAs, smartphones, and car stereos such as the AutoPC.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of d-pad in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of d-pad in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of d-pad in a Sentence

1. Maya Rudolph:

   Look, if Dr. Fauci says a vaccine is good, I will be the first in line like it's an Anne Taylor sample sale, but if President Trump says it's safe, I will throw that vaccine in the trash like last week's shrimp pad thai.

2. Martha MacCallum:

   Michael Wolff, you may not care to know the facts, but I do, so, here they are : I wrote my questions on a legal pad, the old-fashioned way, on the way to D.C. in a car. No one from the White House -- or, for that matter, from Fox -- weighed in on my interview at all, period.

3. Katie Nicholl:

   … I wrote about how Harry cut out junk food after he met Meghan, who loves to eat ‘lean, clean and green’ foods, the American actress, who prides herself on a healthy-eating regimen and is a devotee of daily yoga sessions, is said to have emptied out the contents of Harry’s fridge and cupboards when she moved into his Nottingham Cottage bachelor pad, binning his favorite calorific treats.

4. Denis Watley:

   If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won't, you most assuredly won't. Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad.

5. Mike Sarafin:

   We agreed on what was called option one, which was to operationally change the loading procedure and start our engine chill down earlier. We also agreed to do some work at the pad to address the leak that we saw at the hydrogen tail service mask umbilical.

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/D-Pad
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-Pad
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=d-pad