Cursor

n. manually controlled indicator on a computer screen

A cursor is a moving placement or pointer that indicates a position. English-speakers have used the term with this meaning since the 16th century, for a wide variety of movable or mobile position-markers.The literal meaning of the original Latin word cursor expresses the idea of someone or something that runs. Especially in the plural, Cursores 'runners', it was the name of certain functions, originally messengers.The word cursor may refer to any of the following:Cursors as used on slide rules.Cursors as used on typewriters.Cursors as seen in computers.Cursors as used in databases.Cursor was also the name of an early computer-based "magazine" that was distributed on cassette in the late 1970s. Each "issue" contained programs, utilities, and games and was a forerunner of today's computer magazines that come packaged with CD-ROMs and DVD-ROMs. Cursor was produced for users of the Commodore PET.
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Noun
1. (computer science) indicator consisting of a movable spot of light (an icon) on a visual display; moving the cursor allows the user to point to commands or screen positions
(synonym) pointer
(hypernym) indicator
(classification) computer science, computing

n. cursor, manually controlled indicator on a computer screen

n. cursor