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== Etymology ==
''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.
In fact, scientists chose to name the cursor after [[Lucius Papirius Cursor]].
[[File:slide rule cursor.jpg|thumb|Cursor on a slide rule]]
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