An input device that enables drawings or tracings to be translated into a computer graphic. A screen display is compiled from image signals sent by the electronic tablet and puck or stylus. The tablet contains electronics that enable it to detect movement of the cursor or pen, and translate the movements into digital patterns stored by the computer. Each point on the digitizing tablet represents a fixed point on the display screen; which differs from mouse movements relative to the current cursor position. The static nature of digitizing tablets makes them particularly effective for tracing drawings. Most modern digitizing tablets also support a mouse emulation mode, which permits the pen or cursor to act like a mouse. Digitizing tablets are also called digitizers, graphics tablets, touch tablets, or simply tablets. Compare plotter.