selector

English

noun
Definitions
  • Someone or something which selects or chooses.
  • (cricket) An administrator responsible for selecting which players will play for a side.
  • (computing) A matching expression in a stylesheet determining which elements in the markup are affected by a style.
  • (computing) A pointer to a structure describing a segment of memory.
  • (internet) A text string transmitted to a Gopher server, identifying the resource to be retrieved.
  • (music) A disc jockey.

Etymology

Suffix from English select.

Origin

English

select

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