Meaning

5 senses
  1. A part of any of several scientific or measuring instruments that moves back and forth to indicate a position.

    Cursor, Läufer

    курсо́рkursór, стре́лкаstrélka, указа́тельukazátelʹ

  2. A moving icon or other representation of the position of the pointing device.

    Mauszeiger

    курсо́рkursór, курсо́рkursór

    курсо́рkursór

  3. An indicator, often a blinking line or bar, indicating where the next insertion or other edit will take place.

    Schreibmarke

    курсо́рkursór, каре́ткаkarétka

    курсо́рkursór

  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.

    курсо́рkursór

  5. A design pattern in object oriented methodology in which a collection is iterated uniformly.

More definitions
  • (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

Examples

15 sentences
  1. Tom moved his cursor.

    ruТом переместил курсор. — Balamax

    deTom bewegte den Mauszeiger. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Is the cursor on the screen?

    ruКурсор на экране? — carlosalberto

    deIst der Cursor auf dem Bildschirm? — carlosalberto

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  3. My mouse cursor has been slow lately.

    deMein Mauszeiger ist in letzter Zeit langsam. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. My cat likes to chase the mouse cursor.

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  5. Help me find the cursor. I lost sight of it.

    ruПомоги мне найти курсор. Я потерял его из виду. — ZegPhig

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
GUI: moving icon representing the position of a pointing device:
Русский
By meaning 2
part of scientific instruments that indicates position:
computing: indicator of where the next insertation or other edit will take place:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
part of scientific instruments that indicates position:
GUI: moving icon representing the position of a pointing device:
computing: indicator of where the next insertation or other edit will take place:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin cursor (“runner”), from currō (“run”) + -or (agentive suffix). Ultimat

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

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Forms

plural: cursors
Singularcursor
Pluralcursors

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • (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:pointer

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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