Definitions for "Text cursor"
A rectangle, underscore, I-beam, or caret ( ^ ) that indicates where text entered from the keyboard will appear.
Used for "cursor" when it needs to be distinguished from "line cursor". See also: cursorĀ  line cursor
The line-oriented cursor that appears in a terminal window after the command prompt. The term is used to distinguish the cursor used by a window from the cursor used by the mouse, the pointer.
Keywords:  insertion, point, see
( see insertion point)