RevDB (kind of)

[Dave Cragg]

At 1:00 pm -0800 27/1/03, Richard Gaskin wrote:

>It's not specific to Rev:  the term is an abbreviation of "CURrent Selection
>Of Records".  It's been in database parlance for some years, though I'm
>mystified as to how the term was ever gained acceptance given the even older
>use of "cursor" to refer to the flashing indicator for text entry.

<nostalgia>
I'd always imagined its use was derived from the cursor on a slide 
rule. (Remember those?) I have this image of "lining up" database 
tables much like you'd line up the parts of the slide rule, and then 
whatever lies under the transparent "cursor" is the set of matching 
found records.
</nostalgia>

Dave