Cursor vs Destrier - What's the difference?
cursor | destrier |
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.
(computing) To navigate by means of the cursor keys.
* 1990 , InfoWorld (volume 12, number 22, 28 May 1990)
A large warhorse, especially of a medieval knight.
* 1819', I am resolved to share or avert the danger; which, that I may the better do, I would crave of thee the use of some palfrey whose pace may be softer than that of my '''''destrier'' .” — Walter Scott, ''Ivanhoe
* 1855 , Dark and the Desert and Destriers me ken, And the Glaive and the Joust, and Paper and Pen. - tr. by Richard Burton
As nouns the difference between cursor and destrier
is that cursor is a part of any of several scientific instruments that moves back and forth to indicate a position while destrier is a large warhorse, especially of a medieval knight.As a verb cursor
is to navigate by means of the cursor keys.cursor
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Alternative forms
* cursour (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)- The only other problem is that there's a nagging tendency for the highlight to overrun when cursoring through file lists.