# Pointer

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**Pointer** may refer to:

## People with the name

- [Pointer (surname)](/source/Pointer_(surname)), a surname (including a list of people with the name)
- [Pointer Williams](/source/Pointer_Williams) (born 1974), American former basketball player

## Arts, entertainment, and media

- [*Pointer* (journal)](/source/Pointer_(journal)), the official journal of the Singapore Armed Forces
- *[The Pointer](/source/The_Pointer)*, a 1939 American animated short film
- [The Pointer Sisters](/source/The_Pointer_Sisters), an American R&B vocal group formed in 1969

## Astronomy

Pairs of stars known as *the Pointers*:

- [Alpha and Beta Centauri](/source/Centaurus#Stars), which point to the Southern Cross
- [Alpha and Beta Ursae Majoris](/source/Ursa_Major), which point to Polaris

## Brands and enterprises

- [Pointer (wireless phone)](/source/Pointer_(wireless_phone)), a short-lived mobile phone service in Finland in the 1980s
- Pointer Insecticide, a brand of injected [Imidacloprid](/source/Imidacloprid) for systemic insect control in trees
- [Pointer Telocation](/source/Pointer_Telocation), an Israeli company specializing in stolen vehicle recovery

## Computing

- [Pointer (computer programming)](/source/Pointer_(computer_programming)), a data type
- [Pointer (user interface)](/source/Pointer_(user_interface)), an on-screen image moving to a mouse or touchpad
- [Pointing stick](/source/Pointing_stick), an isometric joystick on a laptop

## Devices

- [Pointer (rod)](/source/Pointer_(rod)), an object used to point manually
- Pointer, a [dial indicator](/source/Dial_indicator), that points to a value on a dial or scale
- Pointer, a kind of [pencil sharpener](/source/Pencil_sharpener) used for 2.0 mm diameter lead
- [Pointing stick](/source/Pointing_stick), an isometric joystick used as a pointing device

## Dog breeds

- [Pointer (dog breed)](/source/Pointer_(dog_breed)), the English type
- [Pointing breed](/source/Pointing_breed), a group of breeds of hunting dog trained to point at prey

## Places

- [Pointer, Kentucky](/source/Pointer,_Kentucky), United States
- [Pointers, New Jersey](/source/Pointers,_New_Jersey), United States
- [The Pointers](/source/The_Pointers), rocks off Antarctica

## Vehicles

- [FQM-151 Pointer](/source/FQM-151_Pointer), a 1988 model of US military drone
- [Plaxton Pointer](/source/Plaxton_Pointer), a single-decker bus body made 1991–2006
- [Volkswagen Pointer](/source/Volkswagen_Pointer), a 1990s family car sold in South America

## Other uses

- [Point man](/source/Point_man), one who takes the front position in a combat military formation

## See also

- [Point (disambiguation)](/source/Point_(disambiguation))
- [Pointing (disambiguation)](/source/Pointing_(disambiguation))
- [Poynter (disambiguation)](/source/Poynter_(disambiguation))
- [Poynting (disambiguation)](/source/Poynting_(disambiguation))

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