cursor - Definition from the COMPUTERS topic - TECHNOLOGY

Topic: COMPUTERS

Date:	1900-2000
Origin:	cursor 'messenger, sliding pointer on a scientific instrument' (16-20 centuries), from Latin, 'runner', from currere; CURRENT¹

cursor
noun

cur‧sor

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[countable]

TDTD a mark that can be moved around a computer screen to show where you are working

Definition of cursor from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English within
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