Cursor definitions

Cursor

1) Arrow on a computer screen 2) Arrow on a screen 3) Blinking light 4) Computer pointer 5) Database management system 6) Desktop arrow 7) Human communication 8) Indicator 9) Indicator on a screen 10) Indicator on computer screen 11) Insertion point indicator 12) Mouse follower 13) Mouse-controlled image
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Cursor

1) Pointer
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cursor

Latin, meaning: runner, carrier, messenger.
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Cursor

[computing] In computing, a cursor is an indicator used to show the position on a computer monitor or other display device that will respond to input from a text input or pointing device. The flashing text cursor may be called a caret, as in caret browsing. The mouse cursor is also called a pointer, owing to its arrow shape on some systems....
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Cursor

[databases] In computer science, a database cursor is a control structure that enables traversal over the records in a database. Cursors facilitate subsequent processing in conjunction with the traversal, such as retrieval, addition and removal of database records. The database cursor characteristic of traversal makes cursors akin to the pr...
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Cursor

[magazine] CURSOR - Programs for PET Computers was the name of an early computer-based `magazine` that was distributed on cassette from 1978 and into the early 1980s. Each issue, consisting of the cassette itself and a short newsletter including a table of contents, contained programs, utilities, and games. Produced for users of the Commodo...
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Cursor

• (n.) Any part of a mathematical instrument that moves or slides backward and forward upon another part.
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cursor

A blinking symbol on the screen that shows where data may be entered next.
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cursor

A marker on a monitor screen that indicates the current display position or where the next typed character will appear. The marker may be a block, underscore, or pointer (blinking or not blinking). See insertion point.
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Cursor

Cur'sor noun [ Latin , a runner. See Cursitor .] Any part of a mathematical instrument that moves or slides backward and forward upon another part.
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Cursor

A location marker or pointer on the monitor.
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Cursor

A visual indicator showing the position of the next entry.
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Cursor

A 'you-are-here' indicator. Some of the forms it can take :- A marker showing where the next character typed will appear. May be an underline symbol, vertical bar, or flashing character cell. See also Caret. A Crosshair, centre 'target' or other exact position indicator used to locate position in graphics programs.
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cursor

[n] - (computer science) indicator consisting of a movable spot of light (an icon) on a visual display
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cursor

blinking line on a computer screen that identifies a location
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cursor

positional marker on an electronic display
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Cursor

A bright figure used as a pointer on a computer screen.
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cursor

noun (computer science) indicator consisting of a movable spot of light (an icon) on a visual display; moving it allows the user to point to commands or screen positions
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cursor

On a computer screen, the symbol that indicates the current entry position (where the next character will appear)
Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21221

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cursor

a movable, sometimes blinking, symbol that indicates the position on a CRT or other type of display where the next character entered from the keyboard will appear, or where user action is needed, as in the correction of an erroneous character already displayed. · a sliding object, as the lined glass on a slide rule, that can be set at any p...
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cursor

runner, carrier, messenger.
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