As nouns the difference between curser and cursor
is that
curser is one who curses while
cursor is a part of any of several scientific instruments that moves back and forth to indicate a position.
As a verb cursor is
to navigate by means of the cursor keys.
Other Comparisons: What's the difference?
curser English
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cursor English
Alternative forms
* cursour (obsolete)
Noun
( en noun)
A part of any of several scientific instruments that moves back and forth to indicate a position
(graphical user interface) A moving icon or other representation of the position of the pointing device.
(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".
(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.
(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
Verb
( en verb)
(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
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