cursorn.

Brit.

/ˈkəːsə/, U.S.

/ˈkərsər/

Etymology: < Latin cursor runner, agent-noun < currĕre , curs- to run: compare courser n.¹The Latin word occurs in the title of ‘Þe tretis þat men cals Cursor Mundi’ (Gött. MS.), ‘The Cursur o the world’ (Cott. MS), of which it is said, l. 267, Cursur [v.r. Cursor, Coarsur] o werld man oght it call, For almost it ouer-rennes all.

†1. A runner, running messenger. Obsolete.

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society > communication > information > message > [noun] > messenger > running or express messenger

couriera1382

scarceler14..

cursor1566

pattamar1598

cursitora1604

express1619

cossid1682

tappal-wallah1865

a1300 : see above. ]

1566 T. Stapleton Returne Vntruthes Jewelles Replie iii. 125 He went apace like a Cursor that telleth good news.

a1632 T. Taylor God's Judgem. (1642) ii. iv. 53 He also kept cursors and messengers..to ride abroad.

a. A part of a mathematical, astronomical, or surveying instrument, which slides backwards and forwards.

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the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > surveying > [noun] > surveying instruments > part of a surveying instrument > movable ruler

cursor1594

1594 T. Blundeville Exercises vii. xii. f. 313 Euery one of these Transames or Cursours must be cut with a square hole..so as they may be made to runne iust vpon the staffe to and fro.

1641 W. Gascoigne Let. in S. P. Rigaud & S. J. Rigaud Corr. Sci. Men 17th Cent. (1841) (modernized text) I. 43 The lowest part of the cross is jointed, to separate it from the cursor on the ruler.

1736 Neve's City & Country Purchaser's & Builder's Dict. (ed. 3) sig. Qv Cursor, a little brass Ruler, representing the Horizon; a Label.

1793 F. Wollaston in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 83 139 The cursor, or moveable wire, in the micrometer-microscopes.

1874 in E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech.

b. A distinctive symbol on a computer screen (e.g. a flashing underline or rectangle) that indicates the position at which the next character will appear or the next action will take effect, and which is usually under keyboard control.

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society > computing and information technology > hardware > peripherals > [noun] > monitor > cursor

cursor1967

1967 Stotz & Cheek Low-Cost Graphic Display for Computer Time-Sharing Console (MIT Technical Memo.) 13 For graphical input, one would like to be able to move a pointer or ‘cursor’ over a stored picture and yet not store the image of the cursor.

1967 Stotz & Cheek Low-Cost Graphic Display for Computer Time-Sharing Console (MIT Technical Memo.) 13 The cursor on the screen ‘follows’ the motion of the ‘mouse’.

1972 L. W. James in J. F. Slater Computer-Aided Typesetting 78/1 The cursor..can be moved vertically a line at a time or horizontally a character at a time to indicate the positions where we wish to make changes in the text.

1983 Austral. Personal Computer Aug. 141/3 It can set the cursor to be visible or invisible, blinking or steady, block or underline.

1983 Times 16 Aug. 16/6 Once the cursor has located the correct screen character a button on the mouse is pressed to execute the command.

1985 P. Laurie Databases i. 13 In a word processor, for instance, Control F might mean move the cursor forward one character.

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3. In medieval universities, a bachelor of theology giving the courses of lectures upon the Bible which formed one of the necessary preliminaries to the doctorate.

Compounds

cursor key n. (also cursor control key) any of a set of keys on a computer keyboard for controlling the movement of a cursor on the screen.

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society > computing and information technology > hardware > peripherals > [noun] > keyboard > individual keys

space bar1887

function key1930

delete key1963

esc1963

Alt mode1964

carriage return1965

return1965

return key1965

enter1966

Alt key1968

home key1968

arrow key1969

tab1969

control1976

delete1977

control key1978

cursor key1979

Alt1981

delete button1981

escape key1982

hot key1983

1979 A. Cakir et al. Visual Display Terminals i. 19 The cursor control keys are usually located in a separate block..on one side of the main keyset.

1981 Electronics 8 Sept. 115 (caption) The cursor keys, right of center, choose menu parameters.

1984 Which Micro? Dec. 20/3 With the cursor key cluster on the right, the Plus 4 looks very like an MSX computer.

1985 Personal Computer World Feb. 145/2 The MZ-800..has an identical 69-key keyboard which features a standard qwerty layout, five function keys and a cluster of cursor control keys.

1986 Your Computer Oct. 36/1 Using the cursor keys or a joystick, you can create your shape and then rotate, invert or produce a mirror image of it before saving it in the program files.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cursor
释义	cursorn. Brit. /ˈkəːsə/, U.S. /ˈkərsər/ Etymology: < Latin cursor runner, agent-noun < currĕre , curs- to run: compare courser n.¹The Latin word occurs in the title of ‘Þe tretis þat men cals Cursor Mundi’ (Gött. MS.), ‘The Cursur o the world’ (Cott. MS), of which it is said, l. 267, Cursur [v.r. Cursor, Coarsur] o werld man oght it call, For almost it ouer-rennes all. †1. A runner, running messenger. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > message > [noun] > messenger > running or express messenger couriera1382 scarceler14.. cursor1566 pattamar1598 cursitora1604 express1619 cossid1682 tappal-wallah1865 a1300 : see above. ] 1566 T. Stapleton Returne Vntruthes Jewelles Replie iii. 125 He went apace like a Cursor that telleth good news. a1632 T. Taylor God's Judgem. (1642) ii. iv. 53 He also kept cursors and messengers..to ride abroad. 2. a. A part of a mathematical, astronomical, or surveying instrument, which slides backwards and forwards. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > surveying > [noun] > surveying instruments > part of a surveying instrument > movable ruler cursor1594 1594 T. Blundeville Exercises vii. xii. f. 313 Euery one of these Transames or Cursours must be cut with a square hole..so as they may be made to runne iust vpon the staffe to and fro. 1641 W. Gascoigne Let. in S. P. Rigaud & S. J. Rigaud Corr. Sci. Men 17th Cent. (1841) (modernized text) I. 43 The lowest part of the cross is jointed, to separate it from the cursor on the ruler. 1736 Neve's City & Country Purchaser's & Builder's Dict. (ed. 3) sig. Qv Cursor, a little brass Ruler, representing the Horizon; a Label. 1793 F. Wollaston in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 83 139 The cursor, or moveable wire, in the micrometer-microscopes. 1874 in E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. b. A distinctive symbol on a computer screen (e.g. a flashing underline or rectangle) that indicates the position at which the next character will appear or the next action will take effect, and which is usually under keyboard control. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > hardware > peripherals > [noun] > monitor > cursor cursor1967 1967 Stotz & Cheek Low-Cost Graphic Display for Computer Time-Sharing Console (MIT Technical Memo.) 13 For graphical input, one would like to be able to move a pointer or ‘cursor’ over a stored picture and yet not store the image of the cursor. 1967 Stotz & Cheek Low-Cost Graphic Display for Computer Time-Sharing Console (MIT Technical Memo.) 13 The cursor on the screen ‘follows’ the motion of the ‘mouse’. 1972 L. W. James in J. F. Slater Computer-Aided Typesetting 78/1 The cursor..can be moved vertically a line at a time or horizontally a character at a time to indicate the positions where we wish to make changes in the text. 1983 Austral. Personal Computer Aug. 141/3 It can set the cursor to be visible or invisible, blinking or steady, block or underline. 1983 Times 16 Aug. 16/6 Once the cursor has located the correct screen character a button on the mouse is pressed to execute the command. 1985 P. Laurie Databases i. 13 In a word processor, for instance, Control F might mean move the cursor forward one character. Categories » 3. In medieval universities, a bachelor of theology giving the courses of lectures upon the Bible which formed one of the necessary preliminaries to the doctorate. Compounds cursor key n. (also cursor control key) any of a set of keys on a computer keyboard for controlling the movement of a cursor on the screen. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > hardware > peripherals > [noun] > keyboard > individual keys space bar1887 function key1930 delete key1963 esc1963 Alt mode1964 carriage return1965 return1965 return key1965 enter1966 Alt key1968 home key1968 arrow key1969 tab1969 control1976 delete1977 control key1978 cursor key1979 Alt1981 delete button1981 escape key1982 hot key1983 1979 A. Cakir et al. Visual Display Terminals i. 19 The cursor control keys are usually located in a separate block..on one side of the main keyset. 1981 Electronics 8 Sept. 115 (caption) The cursor keys, right of center, choose menu parameters. 1984 Which Micro? Dec. 20/3 With the cursor key cluster on the right, the Plus 4 looks very like an MSX computer. 1985 Personal Computer World Feb. 145/2 The MZ-800..has an identical 69-key keyboard which features a standard qwerty layout, five function keys and a cluster of cursor control keys. 1986 Your Computer Oct. 36/1 Using the cursor keys or a joystick, you can create your shape and then rotate, invert or produce a mirror image of it before saving it in the program files. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1566
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