cursor

[ kur-ser ]
/ ˈkɜr sər /

noun

Digital Technology. a movable, sometimes blinking, symbol that indicates the position on a display screen where the next character entered from the keyboard will appear, or where user action is needed.
a sliding object, as the lined glass on a slide rule, that can be set at any point on a scale.

Origin of cursor

1250–1300; Middle English: “runner, courier”; ( 1590–1600 in sense “sliding object” < Latin), equivalent to cur(rere) “to run” + -sor, for -tor -tor; cf. course

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British Dictionary definitions for cursor

cursor
/ (ˈkɜːsə) /

noun

the sliding part of a measuring instrument, esp a transparent sliding square on a slide rule
any of various means, typically a flashing bar or underline, of identifying a particular position on a computer screen, such as the insertion point for text