Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
CURSOR
cursor, pointer
(noun) (computer science) indicator consisting of a movable spot of light (an icon) on a visual display; moving it allows the user to point to commands or screen positions
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
cursor (plural cursors)
a part of any of several scientific instruments that moves back and forth to indicate a position
(graphical user interface) a moving icon or other representation of the position of the pointing device
(graphical user interface) an indicator, often a blinking line or bar, indicating where the next insertion or other edit will take place
Synonym: the caret
(databases) a reference to a row of data in a table, which moves from row to row as data is retrieved by way of it
(programming) a design pattern in object oriented methodology in which a collection is iterated uniformly
Synonym: the iterator pattern
Verb
cursor (third-person singular simple present cursors, present participle cursoring, simple past and past participle cursored)
(intransitive, computing) To navigate by means of the cursor keys.
Source: Wiktionary
Cur"sor (kr"sr), n. Etym: [L., a runner. See Cursitor.]
Definition: Any part of a mathematical instrument that moves or slides backward and forward upon another part.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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