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cur·sor (kʉr′sər)

noun

a movable indicator light on a computer video screen, that marks the current position at which a character may be entered, changed, etc.

Etymology: L, runner < cursus: see course

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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