释义
n.
a movable indicator on a computer screen identifying the point that will be affected by input from the user, for example showing where typed text will be inserted
(计算机的)光标。
chiefly historical the transparent slide engraved with a hairline that is part of a slide rule and is used for marking a point on the rule while bringing a point on the central sliding portion up to it
〈主史〉 (计算尺的)游标。
词源
"Middle English (denoting a runner or running messenger): from Latin, ‘runner', from curs- (see CURSIVE). The sense ‘sliding part of an instrument' dates from the late 16th cent."