cursor

Meaning

Noun

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 and sometimes called a caret, 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.

Verb

To navigate by means of the cursor keys.

Synonyms

pointer

runner

🏃

rotor arm

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɜɹsəɹ/

Etymology

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