cursor — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

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

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

   Sinonimi

   pointer

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

   Sinonimi

   caret

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.

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

   Sinonimi

   iterator pattern

Verbo

1. To navigate by means of the cursor keys.

   Uso

   • intransitivo

   Parole correlate

   electronic displayGUIpointer

   Esempi

   The only other problem is that there's a nagging tendency for the highlight to overrun when cursoring through file lists.

Sostantivo

1. (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

   Sinonimi

   pointer

   Termini più generali

   indicator