Overview
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7 statements · 29% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
On other databases
2 identifiers linking database cursor across the web's reference databases
7 statements · 29% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
2 identifiers linking database cursor across the web's reference databases
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In computer science, a database cursor is a mechanism that enables traversal over the records in a database. Cursors facilitate processing in conjunction with the traversal, such as retrieval, addition and removal of database records. The database cursor characteristic of traversal makes cursors akin to the programming language concept of iterator.