selector

== English == === Etymology === From select + -or. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sɪˈlɛktə(ɹ)/ Rhymes: -ɛktə(ɹ) === Noun === selector (plural selectors) Someone or something which selects or chooses. (cricket) An administrator responsible for selecting which players will play for a side. (computing) A matching expression in a stylesheet determining which elements in the markup are affected by a style. (computing) A pointer to a structure describing a segment of memory. (Internet, historical) A text string transmitted to a Gopher server, identifying the resource to be retrieved. Coordinate term: URL 1996, Kenneth H. Rosen, UNIX System V, Release 4: An Introduction, McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, page 438: Gopher selector strings are more liberal in makeup than URLs and may contain any characters other than a tab, return, or linefeed. (music) A disc jockey. (Australia, historical) A person who is entitled to choose a tract of Crown land to purchase. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Electors, corelets, corselet, electors, electros == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French sélecteur. === Noun === selector n (plural selectoare) selector ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /seleɡˈtoɾ/ [se.leɣ̞ˈt̪oɾ] Rhymes: -oɾ Syllabification: se‧lec‧tor === Adjective === selector (feminine selectora, masculine plural selectores, feminine plural selectoras) selecting === Noun === selector m (plural selectores) selector === Further reading === “selector”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025