cursor
IPA: kˈɝsɝ
noun
- A part of any of several scientific or measuring instruments that moves back and forth to indicate a position.
- (graphical user interface) A moving icon or other representation, usually called a pointer, of the position of the pointing device.
- (graphical user interface) An indicator, often a blinking line or bar and sometimes called a caret, indicating where the next insertion or other edit will take place.
- (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.
- (programming) A design pattern in object oriented methodology in which a collection is iterated uniformly.
verb
- (intransitive, computing) To navigate by means of the cursor keys.
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Examples of "cursor" in Sentences
- Data retrieval based on a cursor.
- Complete cursor rendering support.
- You should have that cursor as your cursor now.
- The flashing cursor then moves to the new location.
- Is this related somehow to the flashing of the cursor
- Up on D-pad in "cursor" - mode for middle mouse click.
- The cursor control circuit is actuated by the keyboard.
- It’s a small visual cue as to where the cursor is in the form.
- A plain cursor, the classic white arrow, appeared on the screen.
- A wristwatch was the first wait cursor in early versions of Mac OS.
- The pivot, however, does prevent scratching of the face and cursors.
- The cursor blinks on the line that is currently active and changeable.
- The controls for driving the car is the keyboard cursor keys and the mouse.
- I recommend the latter, since your mouse cursor is used to guide your microbe.
- By the way, there's something wrong with the insertion code -- it only insert at the end of the text instead of where the cursor is ...
- I use a program called HotSpot, which disables the screensaver while the mouse cursor is in the (configurable) upper right corner of the screen.
- Question for readers: I have that product preview function from Amazon (when your cursor is over the title of the book, you get the picture of the book and other information.)
- It also has a pretty serious problem in landscape mode – it doesn’t resize the number of rows so the cursor is generally always at the bottom of the screen – hidden by the keyboard.
- Each section of the chart displays the name of the service when the mouse cursor is placed over it, and if you click the section it redirects you to your publicly available presence on that service.