noun
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selector
Selector (noun) means someone or something that picks or chooses.
noun
1
Someone or something that picks or chooses.
2
Someone whose job is to choose the players for a sports team.
3
In a stylesheet, the part that shows which parts of a web page a style applies to.
"The selector indicates the query expression to run over the DOM; the context indicates the portion of the DOM from which to run the query."
— Dino Esposito, Microsoft ASP.NET and AJAX (2009)
"The ID selector targets just one element per page, making it much more specific than a class selector that might target many."
— Craig Cook, David Schultz (2007)
4
A value that points to information about a block of computer memory.
"You will only have to be concerned with DPMI, selectors, and such, if you use Borland C++ in DOS."
— Lary L. Myers, Keith Weiskamp (1995)
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What is the meaning of selector?
"selector" (noun) means someone or something that picks or chooses.
What is another word for selector?
Other words for "selector" include picker, chooser.
What are the different meanings of selector?
"selector" has 3 main meanings: 1. Someone or something that picks or chooses; 2. Someone whose job is to choose the players for a sports team; 3. In a stylesheet, the part that shows which parts of a web page a style applies to.
