cursor

The other day, I found myself looking at a blinking cursor in a blank address bar in a new tab of my web browser.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026

One showed a “B,” for “benign,” when the doctor’s cursor isolated it with her mouse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026

In the late 1990s, neurologist Philip Kennedy developed the first BCI to allow a severely paralyzed patient to move a computer cursor using their brain.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 26, 2026

With the one finger he is able to move, he controls the on-screen cursor using a trackball.

From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026

The only sounds are the breathing of the dogs and clicking of the slide rule’s cursor.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Even after she was declared legally blind, however, she was able to write with the aid of oversized cursors and computer fonts.

From New York Times ● Jul. 8, 2022

He can turn typing fingers and blinking cursors into the stuff of quietly engrossing drama.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2022

In December 2015, engineers in Ukrainian power stations saw cursors on their computer screens moving by themselves.

From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2022

Bouton and other researchers are already developing brain implants for people with limited mobility, letting recipients control computer cursors or robotic arms by thought alone.

From The Verge ● Jun. 6, 2018

Once upon a time, when glass ttys were common and addressable cursors were something special, what is now called a dumb terminal could pass for a smart terminal.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Guy L. Steele