Curser vs Cursor - What's the difference?

curser | cursor |


As nouns the difference between curser and cursor

is that curser is one who curses while cursor is cursor.

Other Comparisons: What's the difference?

curser

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who curses.
    • (Webster 1913)

    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 ----