Terminology

There exist many styles of input devices for fighting games. Fightstick is sometimes used as a generic term, however, it is inaccurate when describing controllers without joysticks.

Glossary

hitbox

a registered trademark referring to a brand-name device

gapless plate

a keyswitch retention plate which is not suspended above the PCB, but rather is flush against it. The switch tabs are not able to "clip" into the plate. So called "fat plates" are examples of this. See deskthority:Switch mount

leverless

Also known as stickless, all-button

a controller without a joystick, often composed entirely of buttons in a panel

stickless

see leverless