Cursor

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Computer Science A bright, usually blinking, movable indicator on a display, marking the position at which a character can be entered, corrected, or deleted.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A part of any of several scientific instruments that moves back and forth to indicate a position
  • n. A moving icon or other representation of the position of the pointing device.
  • n. An indicator, often a blinking line or bar, indicating where the next insertion or other edit will take place. Also referred to as "the caret".
  • n. A reference to a row of data in a table, which moves from row to row as data is retrieved by way of it.
  • n. A design pattern in object oriented methodology in which a collection is iterated uniformly, also known as the iterator pattern.
  • v. To navigate by means of the cursor keys.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Any part of a mathematical instrument that moves or slides backward and forward upon another part.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Any part of a mathematical instrument that slides backward and forward upon another part, as the piece in an equinoctial ring-dial that slides to the day of the month, or the point that slides along a beam-compass, etc.
  • n. In medieval universities, a bachelor of theology appointed to assist a master by reading to the class the text of the sentences, with explanations of the meaning, sentence by sentence. See bachelor, 2.
  • n. Same as Cursorius.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. (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
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    indicator   
    Cross Reference
    radial cursor    electronic display    GUI    pointer   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    mercer    precursor    purser    reverser    verser   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    shortcut    pointer    renderer    directional   
     
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