cursor
Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cursor, from currō + -or.

Pronunciation
  • (America) IPA: /kɜɹsəɹ/, [ˈkʰɜ˞sə˞]
  • (RP) IPA: /kɜːsə/, [ˈkʰɜːsə]
Noun

cursor (plural cursors)

  1. A part of any of several scientific or measuring instruments that moves back and forth to indicate a position.
  2. (GUI) A moving icon or other representation, usually called a pointer, of the position of the pointing device.
  3. (computing) An indicator, often a blinking line or bar and sometimes called a caret, indicating where the next insertion or other edit will take place.
  4. (databases) A reference to a row of data in a table, which moves from row to row as data is retrieved by way of it.
  5. (programming) A design pattern in object oriented methodology in which a collection is iterated uniformly.
    Synonyms: iterator pattern
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cursor (cursors, present participle cursoring; simple past and past participle cursored)

  1. (intransitive, computing) To navigate by means of the cursor keys.



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