cursor
part of a computer UI that indicates the position (textual or graphical) that operations will affect
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cursor
Summary
cursor ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (183 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- cursor is credited with the discovery of Ivan Sutherland[2].
- cursor's image is recorded as Cursor-design1-arrow-steep.svg[3].
- cursor's subclass of is recorded as symbol[4].
- cursor's subclass of is recorded as graphical user interface element[5].
- cursor's part of is recorded as user interface[6].
- cursor's part of is recorded as graphical user interface[7].
- cursor's part of is recorded as text-based user interface[8].
- cursor's Commons category is recorded as Cursors[9].
- cursor's start time is recorded as +1962-06-00T00:00:00Z[10].
- cursor's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06mfbd[11].
- cursor's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/cursor[12].
- cursor's different from is recorded as mouse cursor[13].
- cursor's different from is recorded as database cursor[14].
- cursor's Quora topic ID is recorded as Cursors[15].
- cursor's Open Library subject ID is recorded as cursor[16].
- cursor's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Concept", "Cursor::5s6f4"][17].
- cursor's Treccani Vocabulary ID is recorded as cursore[18].
- cursor's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 52754923[19].
- cursor's De Agostini ID is recorded as cursóre[20].
- cursor's Lex ID is recorded as markør[21].
- cursor's KBpedia ID is recorded as CursorGUIComponent[22].
- cursor's Treccani's Dizionario delle Scienze Fisiche ID is recorded as cursore[23].
- cursor's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C150202949[24].
- cursor's ScienceDirect topic ID is recorded as engineering/computer-cursor[25].
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Works and Contributions
cursor is credited with the discovery of Ivan Sutherland[2].
Why It Matters
cursor ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (183 views/month).[1] cursor has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] cursor is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]