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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: (computer science) indicator consisting of a movable spot of light (an icon) on a visual display; moving it allows the user to point to commands or screen positions [syn: cursor, pointer]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Latin, runner, from currere Date: 1594 a movable item used to mark a position: as a. a transparent slide with a line attached to a slide rule b. a visual cue (as a flashing rectangle) on a video display that indicates position (as for data entry)

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 Math. etc. a transparent slide engraved with a hairline and forming part of a slide-rule. 2 Computing a movable indicator on a VDU screen identifying a particular position in the display, esp. the position that the program will operate on with the next keystroke. Etymology: L, = runner (as CURSIVE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Cursor Cur"sor (k?r"s?r), n. [L., a runner. See Cursitor.] Any part of a mathematical instrument that moves or slides backward and forward upon another part.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(cursors) On a computer screen, the cursor is a small shape that indicates where anything that is typed by the user will appear. (COMPUTING) N-COUNT