cursor
English
Alternative forms
- cursour (obsolete)
Etymology
From Latin cursor (“runner”), from currō (“run”) + -or (“agentive suffix”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)sə(ɹ)
Noun
cursor (plural cursors)
- A part of any of several scientific instruments that moves back and forth to indicate a position
- (graphical user interface) A moving icon or other representation of the position of the pointing device.
- (graphical user interface) 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".
- (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, also known as the iterator pattern.
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Translations
part of scientific instruments that indicates position
GUI: moving icon representing the position of a pointing device
GUI: indicator of where the next insertation or other edit will take place
programming: iterator pattern
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Verb
cursor (third-person singular simple present cursors, present participle cursoring, simple past and past participle cursored)
- (intransitive, computing) To navigate by means of the cursor keys.
- 1990, InfoWorld (volume 12, number 22, 28 May 1990)
- The only other problem is that there's a nagging tendency for the highlight to overrun when cursoring through file lists.
- 1990, InfoWorld (volume 12, number 22, 28 May 1990)
See also
Latin
Etymology
From currō (“run”).
Pronunciation
Noun
cursor (genitive cursōris); m, third declension
- A runner, racer.
- A courier, messenger, post.
- A slave, who ran before the chariot of a grandee, forerunner.
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cursor | cursōrēs |
| genitive | cursōris | cursōrum |
| dative | cursōrī | cursōribus |
| accusative | cursōrem | cursōrēs |
| ablative | cursōre | cursōribus |
| vocative | cursor | cursōrēs |
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Descendants
References
- cursor in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879