SELECTOR

selector, selector switch

(noun) a switch that is used to select among alternatives

picker, chooser, selector

(noun) a person who chooses or selects out

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

selector (plural selectors)

Someone or something which selects or chooses.

(cricket) An administrator responsible for selecting which players will play for a side.

(computing, programming) A matching expression in a stylesheet determining which elements in the markup are affected by a style.

(computing) A pointer to a structure describing a segment of memory.

(internet, historical) A text string transmitted to a Gopher server, identifying the resource to be retrieved.

Coordinate term: URL

(music) A disc jockey.

Anagrams

• Electors, corelets, corselet, electors, electros

Source: Wiktionary


Se*lect"or, n. Etym: [L.]

Definition: One who selects.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.

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