cursor : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: cursor	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for cursor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cursor 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 Synonym(s): cursor, pointer
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cursor \Cur"sor\ (k?r"s?r), n. [L., a runner. See {Cursitor}.] Any part of a mathematical instrument that moves or slides backward and forward upon another part.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
cursor 1. A visually distinct mark on a display indicating where newly typed text will be inserted. The cursor moves as text is typed and, in most modern editors, can be moved around within a document by the user to change the insertion point. 2. In {SQL}, a named control structure used by an {application program} to point to a row of data. The position of the {row} is within a {table} or {view}, and the cursor is used interactively so select rows from columns. (1996-12-27)