cursor

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Related terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 See also 2 Latin 2.1 Noun 3 Spanish 3.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Latin cursor, (runner), from cursus, perfect passive participle of currere, (run), + -or agentive suffix. Ultimately from PIE.

[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)sə(r)

[edit] Noun

cursor (plural cursors)

1. A part of any of several scientific instruments that moves back and forth to indicate a position
2. (graphical user interface) A moving icon or other representation of the position of the pointing device.
3. (graphical user interface) 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".
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, also know as the "Iterator" pattern.

[edit] Related terms

• courier
• current
• cursive
• cursory
• recursive

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• electronic display
• GUI
• pointer

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Noun

cursor, cursoris m

1. runner

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Noun

cursor m. (plural cursores)

1. cursor