What is Cursor?
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A special symbol that indicates where the next character you type on your screen will appear. You use your mouse or the arrow keys on your keyboard to move the cursor around on your screen. A cursor is the position indicator on a computer display screen where a user can enter text. In an operating system with a graphical user interface (GUI), the cursor is also a visible and moving pointer that the user controls with a mouse, touch pad, or similar input device. The user uses the pointing cursors and special input buttons to establish where the position indicator cursors will be or to select a particular program to run or file to view. Typically, the pointing cursor is an arrow and the text entry position cursors is a blinking underscore or vertical bar. Most operating systems allow the user to choose another appearance for the cursor. In the Windows operating system, the pointing cursor turns into a pointing hand when it is pointed to a specific object and into an hourglass while the system is starting a requested program. |
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