Information about Cursor
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 'runners', it was the name of certain functions, originally messengers.
The word cursor may refer to any of the following:
The literal meaning of the original Latin word cursor expresses the idea of someone or something that runs. Especially in the plural, Cursores 'runners', it was the name of certain functions, originally messengers.
The word cursor may refer to any of the following:
- Cursors as used on slide rules.
- Cursors as used on typewriters.
- Cursors as seen in computers.
- Cursors as used in databases.
- Cursor was also the name of 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.
As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 through 1600.
See also: 16th century in literature
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See also: 16th century in literature
Events
1500s
- 1500s: Mississippian culture disappears.
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Official status
Official language of: Vatican City
Used for official purposes, but not spoken in everyday speech
Regulated by: Opus Fundatum Latinitas
Roman Catholic Church
Language codes
ISO 639-1: la
ISO 639-2: lat
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Official status
Official language of: Vatican City
Used for official purposes, but not spoken in everyday speech
Regulated by: Opus Fundatum Latinitas
Roman Catholic Church
Language codes
ISO 639-1: la
ISO 639-2: lat
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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.
At universities, the term has been used for the candidates for the license.
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At universities, the term has been used for the candidates for the license.
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cursor a sliding glass or plastic plate etched or painted with a fine line for aligning to the different scales. Slide rule operation consists of finding a number on one scale and lining it up with a number on another scale.
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slide rule (often nicknamed a "slipstick"[1]) is a mechanical analog computer, consisting of at least two finely divided scales (rules), most often a fixed outer pair and a movable inner one, with a sliding window called the cursor.
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On a typewriter, the cursor is a vertical line indicating the position at which the next character will be printed.
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typewriter is a mechanical, electromechanical, or electronic device with a set of "keys" that, when pressed, cause characters to be printed on a document, usually paper.
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cursor is an indicator used to show the position on a computer monitor or other display device that will respond to input.
In most command line interfaces, the cursor is an underscore, a solid rectangle, or a vertical line, which may be flashing or steady, indicating where
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In most command line interfaces, the cursor is an underscore, a solid rectangle, or a vertical line, which may be flashing or steady, indicating where
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computer is a machine which manipulates data according to a list of instructions.
Computers take numerous physical forms. The first devices that resemble modern computers date to the mid-20th century (around 1940 - 1941), although the computer concept and various machines
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Computers take numerous physical forms. The first devices that resemble modern computers date to the mid-20th century (around 1940 - 1941), although the computer concept and various machines
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In database packages, the term cursor refers to a control structure for the successive (and potential processing) of records in a result set.
A cursor is used for processing individual rows returned by the database system for a query.
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A cursor is used for processing individual rows returned by the database system for a query.
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database is a structured collection of records or data that is stored in a computer system so that a computer program or person using a query language can consult it to answer queries. The records retrieved in answer to queries are information that can be used to make decisions.
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CURSOR - Programs for PET™ Computers was the name of an early computer-based "magazine" that was distributed on cassette from 1978 and into the early 1980s. Each issue, consisting of the cassette itself and a short newsletter including a table of contents, contained
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Compact Cassette
Typical 60-minute Compact Cassette
Media type: magnetic tape
Encoding: analog signal
Capacity: 23 minutes per side (C46)
30 minutes per side (C60)
45 minutes per side (C90)
50 minutes per side (C100)
60 minutes per side (C120)
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Typical 60-minute Compact Cassette
Media type: magnetic tape
Encoding: analog signal
Capacity: 23 minutes per side (C46)
30 minutes per side (C60)
45 minutes per side (C90)
50 minutes per side (C100)
60 minutes per side (C120)
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CD-ROM (an abbreviation of "Compact Disc read-only media") is a Compact Disc that contains data accessible by a computer. While the Compact Disc format was originally designed for music storage and playback, the format was later adapted to hold any form of binary data.
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The PET (Personal Electronic Transactor) was a home-/personal computer produced by Commodore starting in the late 1970s. Although it was not a top seller outside the Canadian, US, and UK educational markets, it was Commodore's first full-featured
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