Cursor may refer to:
*
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
Pointer may refer to:
Places
* Pointer, Kentucky
* Pointers, New Jersey
* Pointers Airport, Wasco County, Oregon, United States
* The Pointers, a pair of rocks off Antarctica
People with the name
* Pointer (surname), a surname (including a li ...
*
Cursor (slide rule)
The slide rule is a mechanical analog computer which is used primarily for multiplication and division, and for functions such as exponents, roots, logarithms, and trigonometry. It is not typically designed for addition or subtraction, whi ...
, indicates corresponding points on scales that are not adjacent to each other
*
Cursor Models, made for the Mercedes Benz Museum, and as promotional models
*
''Cursor'' (magazine), an early magazine distributed on cassette from 1978 and into the early 1980s
* ''Cursor'', a holographic sidekick character from the TV series ''
Automan''
See also
*
Pointer (graphical user interfaces)
In human–computer interaction, a cursor is an indicator used to show the current position on a computer monitor or other display device that will respond to input from a text input or pointing device. The mouse cursor is also called a pointe ...
, commonly called a mouse cursor.
{{disambig