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2. Cursor (user interface) - Wikipedia

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   Cursor is Latin for 'runner'. A cursor is a name given to the transparent slide engraved with a hairline used to mark a point on a slide rule. The term was then transferred to computers through analogy. Cursor on a slide rule. On 14 November 1963, while attending a conference on computer graphics in Reno, Nevada, Douglas Engelbart of ...

3. Spinning pinwheel - Wikipedia

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   Wait cursors are activated by applications performing lengthy operations. Some versions of the Apple Installer used an animated "counting hand" cursor. Other applications provided their own theme-appropriate custom cursors, such as a revolving Yin Yang symbol, Fetch's running dog, Retrospect's spinning tape, and Pro Tools' tapping

4. Windows wait cursor - Wikipedia

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   Windows wait cursor. The Windows wait cursor, informally the Blue circle of death (known as the hourglass cursor until Windows Vista) is a throbber that indicates that an application is busy performing an operation. It can be accompanied by an arrow if the operation is being performed in the background. The wait cursor can display on programs ...

5. Computer mouse - Wikipedia

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   The cursor will move slowly on the screen, with good precision. When the movement of the mouse passes the value set for some threshold, the software will start to move the cursor faster, with a greater rate factor. Usually, the user can set the value of the second rate factor by changing the "acceleration" setting.

6. curses (programming library) - Wikipedia

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   curses (programming library) curses is a terminal control library for Unix-like systems, enabling the construction of text user interface (TUI) applications. The name is a pun on the term " cursor optimization". It is a library of functions that manage an application's display on character-cell terminals (e.g., VT100 ).

7. Talk:Cursor (user interface) - Wikipedia

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   Originally, the user used arrow keys or other special keys to move the cursor to different locations on the screen. Wherever this cursor was, the user could type characters, or press enter to initiate some action. Later, the "pointer" was added, when the Mouse was invented.