Cursor

Definitions

1. A pointer or token representing a current position within a dataset, result set, or stream so processing can continue from that point. Cursors are common in databases, pagination APIs, editors, and incremental processing systems.

   In plain English: A marker that shows the current position in data or results.

   Example: "The export API returned a cursor instead of a page number so clients could resume scanning a large result set without duplicates."

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