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cur·sor
/ˈkərsər/noun
- 1. a movable indicator on a computer screen identifying the point that will be affected by input from the user, for example showing where typed text will be inserted.
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Cursor (user interface) A blinking text cursor while typing the word " Wikipedia". In human–computer interaction, a cursor is an indicator used to show the current position on a computer monitor or other display device that will respond to input.
Cursor Main article: Cursor (user interface) A cursor is an indicator used to show the position on a computer monitor or other display device that will respond to input from a text input or pointing device.
In computing, caret navigation (or caret browsing) is a kind of keyboard navigation where a caret (also known as a ‘text cursor’, ‘text insertion cursor’, or ‘text selection cursor’) is used to navigate within a text document.
A computer mouse (plural mice, also mouses) [nb 1] is a hand-held pointing device that detects two-dimensional motion relative to a surface. This motion is typically translated into the motion of the pointer (called a cursor) on a display, which allows a smooth control of the graphical user interface of a computer .
In computer science, a database cursor is a mechanism that enables traversal over the records in a database. Cursors facilitate subsequent processing in conjunction with the traversal, such as retrieval, addition and removal of database records.
Cursor may refer to: Cursor (user interface), an indicator used to show the current position for user interaction on a computer monitor or other display device; Cursor (databases), a control structure that enables traversal over the records in a database
A cursor (also called a puck) is similar to a mouse, except that it has a window with cross hairs for pinpoint placement, and it can have as many as 16 buttons. A pen (also called a stylus) looks like a simple ballpoint pen but uses an electronic head instead of ink.
Control key. In computing, a Control key Ctrl is a modifier key which, when pressed in conjunction with another key, performs a special operation (for example, Ctrl + C ). Similarly to the Shift key, the Control key rarely performs any function when pressed by itself. The Control key is located on or near the bottom left side of most keyboards ...
Arrow keys or cursor movement keys are keys on a computer keyboard that are either programmed or designated to move the cursor in a specified direction.
Touchpad. A touchpad or trackpad is a type of pointing device. Its largest component is a tactile sensor: an electronic device with a flat surface, that detects the motion and position of a user's fingers, and translates them to 2D motion, to control a pointer in a graphical user interface on a computer screen.