What does "cursor" mean?

A part of any of several scientific or measuring instruments that moves back and forth to indicate a position.

What is a synonym for "cursor"?

Common synonyms include: caret, iterator pattern, pointer.

//ˈkɜːsə// noun, verb

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Noun

1
A part of any of several scientific or measuring instruments that moves back and forth to indicate a position.
"Besides, the Reader must know, if a Brazen graduated Semi-Circle were hung on the Poles here, with an erected moveable Pin, or Cursor on it, there would be no need of the Holes[…]in each Parallel of the Globe, for the true Composing of it[…]"
2
(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 wordnet
3
A moving icon or other representation, usually called a pointer, of the position of the pointing device.
4
An indicator, often a blinking line or bar, indicating where the next insertion or other edit will take place.
5
A reference to a row of data in a table, which moves from row to row as data is retrieved by way of it.

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A design pattern in object oriented methodology in which a collection is iterated uniformly.

Verb

1
To navigate by means of the cursor keys. intransitive
"The only other problem is that there's a nagging tendency for the highlight to overrun when cursoring through file lists."