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cur·sor

(kûr′sər)

n. Computers

A movable indicator on a display, marking a position where typed characters will appear or where an option can be selected.

[Middle English, runner, from Latin, from cursus, past participle of currere, to run; see kers- in Indo-European roots.]

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cursor

(ˈkɜːsə)

1. (Mathematics) the sliding part of a measuring instrument, esp a transparent sliding square on a slide rule

2. (Computer Science) any of various means, typically a flashing bar or underline, of identifying a particular position on a computer screen, such as the insertion point for text

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cur•sor

(ˈkɜr sər)

n.

1. a movable, sometimes blinking, symbol used to indicate where data (as text, commands, etc.) may be input on a computer screen.

2. a sliding object, as the lined glass on a slide rule, that can be set at any point on a scale.

[1590–1600; < Latin: a runner, racer =cur(rere) to run + -sor, for -tor -tor; compare course]

cursor

- First meant "runner" or "running messenger" and is now the moving/movable indicator on a computer screen.

cursor

[ˈkɜːsəʳ]

A. N (Comput) → cursor m

B. CPD cursor key N → tecla f del cursor

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cursor

[ˈkɜː^rsə^r] n (COMPUTING) → curseur m

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cursor

n (Comput) → Cursor m; cursor control → Cursorsteuerung f; cursor movements → Cursorbewegungen pl

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cursor

[ˈkɜːsəʳ] n (Comput) → cursore m

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cursor

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References in classic literature ?

Perhaps worthy of special mention among single productions is the 'Cursor Mundi'

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Ms Brierre-Davis joked: "If you click and hold the space bar, you can move the cursor instead of trying to drag the cursor itself with your fat thumb lol."

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"Our results suggest that once we begin to record from our users' motor cortex, we can push the 'calibrate' button and allow the user to rapidly develop intuitive and high-quality cursor control," Brandman says.

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While both computer users and non-users learned equally quickly how to move a cursor while their hand was hidden from view, computer-experienced individuals more readily generalised what they learned about movement of the cursor in one direction to movements made in other directions.

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controlled individual digits of a virtual hand (VH) and prosthetic hand using intrinsic hand EMG by maneuvering a cursor in a two-dimensional domain, allowing for simultaneous and proportional control of multiple DoFs [29].

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They found the animals used a small set of favored firing patterns to move the cursor.