Cursor

Word CURSOR
Character 6
Hyphenation cur sor
Pronunciations /kɜɹsəɹ/

Definitions and meanings of "Cursor"

What do we mean by cursor?

A movable indicator on a display, marking a position where typed characters will appear or where an option can be selected. noun

Any part of a mathematical instrument that slides backward and forward upon another part, as the piece in an equinoctial ring-dial that slides to the day of the month, or the point that slides along a beam-compass, etc. noun

In medieval universities, a bachelor of theology appointed to assist a master by reading to the class the text of the sentences, with explanations of the meaning, sentence by sentence. See bachelor, 2. noun

Same as Cursorius. noun

Any part of a mathematical instrument that moves or slides backward and forward upon another part. noun

A part of any of several scientific instruments that moves back and forth to indicate a position noun

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

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". noun

A reference to a row of data in a table, which moves from row to row as data is retrieved by way of it. noun

A design pattern in object oriented methodology in which a collection is iterated uniformly, also known as the iterator pattern. noun

To navigate by means of the cursor keys. verb

(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 noun

A part of any of several scientific instruments that moves back and forth to indicate a position

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

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

A reference to a row of data in a table, which moves from row to row as data is retrieved by way of it

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

1. The thing that I move with my mouse. 2. One who says naughty words, generally to act "tough" or "edgy." Urban Dictionary

Verb; in computing, to rearrange with the use of a cursor. to move something with relative ease. Urban Dictionary

When viewing a facebook photo with snatch on display, take your cursor and scroll over the snatch. If facebook tag name appears when doin so, the said person has therefore been cursor fucked. Urban Dictionary

Cursor Miner is a electronica/dance performer who creates dancy beats with synthesized sounds. Urban Dictionary

When your laptop crashes, and you're sitting 3 feet from it, watching the cursor dance around the screen on its own, clicking on random things, to your horror. Urban Dictionary

When you follow someone's cursor on a Google Doc leaving your cursor mark on their screen till they go absolutely insane. Urban Dictionary

When the cursor on your computer starts moving erratically by itself and clicking randomly, usually after visiting porn sites and getting an ETD. Urban Dictionary

When you see a friend's (or enemy's) cursor in a Google document and start virtually battling with it. Who ever leaves the document first wins. Urban Dictionary

The well-known mouse-maneuver that you perform while impatiently waiting to watch a YouTube video. As soon as your desired video loads up on the screen, you immediately zip your cursor over to the "you can skip ad in __ seconds" and breathlessly wait for the seconds-ticker to count down to "0" and switch to "skip ad". Urban Dictionary

The thing that displays when you turn on "Display pointer trails" on Windows 10, the default cursor trail length is long. Urban Dictionary

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The word "cursor" in example sentences

I use a program called HotSpot, which disables the screensaver while the mouse cursor is in the (configurable) upper right corner of the screen. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A plain cursor, the classic white arrow, appeared on the screen. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Each section of the chart displays the name of the service when the mouse cursor is placed over it, and if you click the section it redirects you to your publicly available presence on that service. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I recommend the latter, since your mouse cursor is used to guide your microbe. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Question for readers: I have that product preview function from Amazon (when your cursor is over the title of the book, you get the picture of the book and other information.) ❋ Unknown (2006)

By the way, there's something wrong with the insertion code -- it only insert at the end of the text instead of where the cursor is ... ❋ Unknown (2005)

Up on D-pad in "cursor" - mode for middle mouse click. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It’s a small visual cue as to where the cursor is in the form. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It also has a pretty serious problem in landscape mode – it doesn’t resize the number of rows so the cursor is generally always at the bottom of the screen – hidden by the keyboard. ❋ Unknown (2008)

And when you upload a picture, the link to the picture is inserted at the top of your post, instead of at the cursor, which is where you would expect. ❋ Unknown (2007)

There is a closely related concept of an artifact's function that is purposive: for example, when we say that moving the cursor is the function of the mouse, we seem to mean that this is what its designers designed it or intended it to do. ❋ Neander, Karen (2004)

And my cursor is a little red Flying V; it's so cute. ❋ Anne-jumps (2001)

Your cursor is a small underscore or rectangle that indicates where you're typing; it should move as you type. ❋ John Goerzen (N/A)

Those who have played the game previously should make a seamless transition to this version, replacing the need to draw using fingers with an onscreen cursor, which is used to select planes and draw their paths. ❋ Unknown (2010)

A cursor is the same as an icon, but with a hotspot. ❋ Oldnewthing (2010)

I'd never considered that "the cursor" may have gotten its name from a skill set having nothing to do with computers, but clearly the cursor is the ultimate human interface element for good reason. ❋ Unknown (2010)

All of the objects are created at the same position of the 3D cursor, which is the little target we see in the 3D view. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I would have thought the cursor should be the same color as the ❋ Unknown (2009)

1. [I like] my cursor [to leave] a [trail]. 2. That cursor talks a lot of shit. ❋ Dr Jebus PhD (2009)

[the program's] window was cursored away revealing the hidden [photograph]. it only took [a few minutes] to cursor the car across the street. ❋ Wscribbler (2009)

[Georges] girlfriend loves to be [cursor] [fucked]. ❋ TheCursorFucker3000 (2010)

[Cursor Miner] is a lot [better than] [Daft Punk]! ❋ Dr. Arp (2007)

" I keep getting pics of Walmart fruit and [anteaters] giving birth, cuz [the ghost] [cursor] is jumping all over the screen & I can't catch it" ❋ Yertie (2014)

"[Yo dude], what the fuck?" "What?" "Quit [cursor stalking] me [you bitch], I can't write shit" ❋ Anayar (2017)

Retarded [Cursor] Damnit, now my computer [cursor] is [fucking retarded], I should have worn an [electronic condom] after visiting that porn site yesterday ❋ PseudoNympho666 (2010)

"Dude, get your [cursor] [outta here] [unless] you want to start a cursor battle!" ❋ JC_Cali (2013)

Nowadays, YouTube makes us "suffer 'n' simmer" through **two** boring commercials --- instead of just one --- before our requested video starts, and so we haft do da "[skip ad]" cursor-hover **twice** before we get to view da precious video [dat we] went on YouTube to watch --- and no, Toyota; dis is NOT "dat one time dat we like da fifteen-second ad better than da video dat follows"! What a loada bull-crap --- for your info, we **never** like ANY of da 0%!$@# [YouTube ads], no matter WHAT they're about! ❋ QuacksO (2018)

Guy 1: [I like] my [cursor trail]! Guy 2: [I know right]? ❋ W Rich (2021)

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