Cursor
WordNet
noun
(1) (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
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From Latin cursor, (runner), from cursus, perfect passive participle of currere, (run), + -or agentive suffix. Ultimately from PIE.
Noun
- A part of any of several scientific instruments that moves back and forth to indicate a position
- A moving icon or other representation of the position of the pointing device.
- 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".
- A reference to a row of data in a table, which moves from row to row as data is retrieved by way of it.
- A design pattern in object oriented methodology in which a collection is iterated uniformly, also know as the "Iterator" pattern.