German

Noun

Cursor m ‎(genitive Cursors, plural Cursor)

1. cursor

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• cursour (obsolete)

Noun

cursor ‎(plural cursors)

1. A part of any of several scientific instruments that moves back and forth to indicate a position
2. (graphical user interface) A moving icon or other representation of the position of the pointing device.
3. (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".
4. (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.
5. (programming) A design pattern in object oriented methodology in which a collection is iterated uniformly, also known as the iterator pattern.

Related terms

• courier
• current
• cursive
• cursory
• recursive

Translations

Verb

cursor ‎(third-person singular simple present cursors, present participle cursoring, simple past and past participle cursored)

1. (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.

See also

• electronic display
• GUI
• pointer

Latin

Etymology

From currō ‎(“run”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkur.sor/

Noun

cursor m ‎(genitive cursōris); third declension

1. A runner, racer.
2. A courier, messenger, post.
3. A slave, who ran before the chariot of a grandee, forerunner.

Inflection

Third declension.

Related terms

Descendants

References

• cursor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• CURSOR in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “cursor”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• cursor in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cursor in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Portuguese

Noun

cursor m (plural cursores)

1. cursor (part of scientific instruments that indicates a value or position)
2. (graphical user interface) cursor (icon representing the position of a pointing device)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin cursor.

Noun

cursor m ‎(plural cursores)

1. (computing) cursor

Synonyms

• (computing): puntero