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A touchscreen is a input and output device normally layered on the top of an electronic visual display of an information processing system.

A user can give input or control the information processing system through simple or multi-touch gestures by touching the screen with a special stylus and/or one or more fingers.

Some touchscreens use ordinary or specially coated gloves to work while others may only work using a special stylus/pen.

The user can use the touchscreen to react to what is displayed and to control how it is displayed; for example, zooming to increase the text size.

North America is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere.

It can also be considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas.

It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the west and south by the Pacific Ocean, and to the southeast by South America and the Caribbean Sea.

A thermometer is a device that measures temperature or a temperature gradient.

A thermometer has two important elements: (1) a temperature sensor (e.g. the bulb of a mercury-in-glass thermometer) in which some physical change occurs with temperature, and (2) some means of converting this physical change into a numerical value (e.g. the visible scale that is marked on a mercury-in-glass thermometer).

Thermometers are widely used in industry to control and regulate processes, in the study of weather, in medicine, and in scientific research.

A tool is any physical item that can be used to achieve a goal, especially if the item is not consumed in the process.

Tool use by humans dates back millions of years, and other animals are also known to employ simple tools.

A weather station is a facility, either on land or sea, with instruments and equipment for measuring atmospheric conditions to provide information for weather forecasts and to study the weather and climate.

The measurements taken include temperature, atmospheric pressure, humidity, wind speed, wind direction, and precipitation amounts.

Wind measurements are taken with as few other obstructions as possible, while temperature and humidity measurements are kept free from direct solar radiation, or insolation.

Manual observations are taken at least once daily, while automated measurements are taken at least once an hour.

Weather conditions out at sea are taken by ships and buoys, which measure slightly different meteorological quantities such as sea surface temperature (SST), wave height, and wave period.

Drifting weather buoys outnumber their moored versions by a significant amount.