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A cursor is a moving placement or pointer that indicates a position. English-speakers have used the term with this meaning since the 16th century, for a wide variety of movable or mobile position-markers.

The literal meaning of the original Latin word cursor expresses the idea of someone or something that runs. Especially in the plural, Cursores
Cursores

Cursores is the plural of the Latin Cursor, 'runner', i.e. Messenger etcetera. There have been various corps of auxiliary officers in various institutions by that name....
 'runners', it was the name of certain functions, originally messengers.






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A cursor is a moving placement or pointer that indicates a position. English-speakers have used the term with this meaning since the 16th century, for a wide variety of movable or mobile position-markers.

The literal meaning of the original Latin word cursor expresses the idea of someone or something that runs. Especially in the plural, Cursores
Cursores

Cursores is the plural of the Latin Cursor, 'runner', i.e. Messenger etcetera. There have been various corps of auxiliary officers in various institutions by that name....
 'runners', it was the name of certain functions, originally messengers. Cursor was also a Roman cognomen
Cognomen

The cognomen was originally a middle name of a citizen of Ancient Rome, under Roman naming conventions. The cognomen started as a nickname, but lost that purpose when it became hereditary ....
 used by gens Papiria
Papirius

Papirius may refer to the following Romans:*Papirius , 509 BC, author of supposed collection of Leges Regiae, which was called Ius Papirianum...
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The word cursor may refer to any of the following:

  • Cursor (slide rules)
  • Cursor (typewriters)
    Cursor (typewriters)

    On a typewriter, the cursor is a vertical line indicating the position at which the next character will be printed....
  • Cursor (computers)
    Cursor (computers)

    In computing, a cursor is an indicator used to show the position on a computer monitor or other display device that will respond to input from a text input or pointing device....
  • Cursor (databases)
    Cursor (databases)

    In database packages, a cursor comprises a control structure for the successive wikt:traverse of database record in a result set.Database programmers use cursors for processing individual rows returned by the database system for a query....
  • Cursor (magazine)
    Cursor (magazine)

    CURSOR - Programs for PET Computers was the name of an early computer-based "magazine" that was distributed on Compact Cassette from 1978 and into the early 1980s....
    , an early computer-based "magazine" that was distributed on cassette in the late 1970s. Each issue contained programs, utilities, and games and was a forerunner of today's computer magazines that come packaged with CD-ROMs and DVD-ROMs. Cursor was produced for users of the Commodore PET.
  • Cursor, a holographic sidekick character from the TV series Automan
    Automan

    Automan is an United States, science fiction, superhero, television series produced by Glen A. Larson. It aired for only 12 episodes on American Broadcasting Company between 1983 in television and 1984 in television....
    , with the ability to "draw" physical objects in real space