cursor

Definitions

• 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
• (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