Cursor

1. Also known as a caret, a cursor is a visual representation on the screen that allows the user to specify where they want text to be placed. Commonly, this cursor is a vertical flashing line more commonly known as a i-cursor.
2. When referring to the mouse, the cursor is used to describe the object used to point, click, drag and drop items on a GUI operating system. See our mouse pointer definition for additional information.

• Information about changing the Windows mouse cursors can be found on document CH000880.

Also see: Caret, I-cursor, Mouse definitions, Mouse pointer, Operating system definitions, Text cursor