a mouse
Computer mouse or a pointing device. Is that what you mean?
joystick
joystick
A pointing device is an input device used to manipulate a graphical user interface on a computer screen. A popular example of a pointing device is the computer mouse, which allows users to move a cursor, select objects, and interact with software applications by clicking, dragging, and scrolling. Other examples include trackpads and styluses.
Douglas engelbart invented the computer mouse/pointing device.
Pointing device (device class including trackpoints and trackballs).
a computer mouse
Track ball Track pad Integrated Pointing Device
Formerly that would be the case as it was the first type of pointing device until the introduction of the computer mouse (which had a smaller trackball on the bottom), then later optical and infrared laser mice.
The first one that I know of was the SAGE computer's light gun in the middle 1950s.
The variants of computer mouse are: Track pads Trackballs and pointer Integrated Pointing Device
A pointing device is used to refer to devices that are used to manipulate a virtual space. A computer mouse would be considered a pointing device. Touch surfaces are not considered pointing devices because they are manipulated directly by the user's inputs without the need for a third party object.