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2. Cursor (user interface) - Wikipedia

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   Cursor is Latin for 'runner'. A cursor is a name given to the transparent slide engraved with a hairline used to mark a point on a slide rule. The term was then transferred to computers through analogy. Cursor on a slide rule. On 14 November 1963, while attending a conference on computer graphics in Reno, Nevada, Douglas Engelbart of ...

3. Comet Cursor - Wikipedia

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   Comet Cursor. Comet Cursor was a software program written by Comet Systems. It allowed users of the Microsoft Windows operating system to change the appearance of their mouse cursor and to allow websites to use customized cursors for visitors. The product installed itself without user permission and is an early example of spyware.

4. Cursor - Wikipedia

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   Cursor (user interface), an indicator used to show the current position for user interaction on a computer monitor or other display device. Cursor (databases), a control structure that enables traversal over the records in a database. Cursor, a value that is the position of an object in some known data structure, a predecessor of pointers.

5. Computer mouse - Wikipedia

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   The cursor will move slowly on the screen, with good precision. When the movement of the mouse passes the value set for some threshold, the software will start to move the cursor faster, with a greater rate factor. Usually, the user can set the value of the second rate factor by changing the "acceleration" setting.

6. curses (programming library) - Wikipedia

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   curses (programming library) curses is a terminal control library for Unix-like systems, enabling the construction of text user interface (TUI) applications. The name is a pun on the term " cursor optimization". It is a library of functions that manage an application's display on character-cell terminals (e.g., VT100 ).

7. Arrow keys - Wikipedia

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   Arrow keys or cursor movement keys are keys on a computer keyboard that are either programmed or designated to move the cursor in a specified direction. [1] The term "cursor movement key" is distinct from "arrow key" in that the former term may refer to any of various keys on a computer keyboard designated for cursor movement, whereas "arrow ...