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cursor key
noun
A key on a computer keyboard marked with a horizontal or vertical arrow, used to move the cursor or other item around the screen.
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The candidate display style is studied in conjunction with various manual selection devices including Mouse, Numeric Keys, Spacebar, Cursor Key, and Numeric Keypad.
In the cursor key mode, the WILLCOM 03 is operated by touching a cross symbol shown on the screen.
Instead, users can toggle between the so-called "cursor key mode" and the "dial key mode" pushing a button located on the side of the phone.
The custom-setting can also be used to program a frequently-used function, which can be activated by pressing the down arrow on the cursor key.
It's not every day you get to see internet iconography of the 90s mixed with cursor key hands, wifi symbols and @ sign hats, all re-contextualized within a parallel universe that seems to resemble Giorgio de Chirico paintings.
After each trial, subjects had to indicate the pointing direction of the arrowheads in a two-alternative forced-choice (2-AFC) task by pressing the according cursor key on a standard computer keyboard.
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The cursor keys are the size of Tic Tacs.
Without cursor keys, how do I edit something I've written?
I maneuvered the boat by using the cursor keys while keeping an eye out for fish.
There is no trackpad (only cursor keys), no modem or expansion slots and only enough memory to hold about 100 pages of typing.
Critics noted that the Mac, as it came to be known, had insufficient memory and storage and lacked standard amenities such as cursor keys and a colour display.
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