cursor

Meanings

1. A part of any of several scientific or measuring instruments that moves back and forth to indicate a position.
2. A moving icon or other representation, usually called a pointer, of the position of the pointing device.
3. An indicator, often a blinking line or bar, indicating where the next insertion or other edit will take place.
4. 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. A design pattern in object oriented methodology in which a collection is iterated uniformly.

1. To navigate by means of the cursor keys.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cursor (“runner”), from currō (“run”) + -or (agentive suffix). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.

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