it is called a cursor
Right -pointing arrow pointer.
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A yad (Hebrew: יד‎‎, literally "hand") is a Jewish ritual pointer, popularly known as a Torah pointer, used by the reader to follow the text during the Torah reading from the parchment Torah scrolls.
The arrow is a pointer, but it could be a hand or a dinosaur or a cursor.
pointer
It changes into an "I" Looking icon. It indicates you can highlight the text for copying, If you hold it down and drag the pointer, a blue bar will appear over the text indicating it is highlighted. Right clicking will allow you to copy the text.
The pointer that selects a line or lines of text when you point to the left edge of a line is called the "text selection cursor" or "text cursor." When you hover over the left margin, it usually changes to a vertical line or a pointer, allowing you to click and drag to select the entire line or multiple lines of text. In many text editing applications, this action can also enable additional functions like copying or formatting the selected text.
The cursor.
No, the you-bar pointer and the insertion icon are not the same. The you-bar pointer, often referred to as the text cursor or caret, indicates where text will be inserted in a text field. The insertion icon, on the other hand, may refer to various icons that suggest actions like inserting images or files, but it does not specifically denote the text entry point like the you-bar does.
The pointer that is used when reading the Torah is called a yad
a threee pointer
The pointer that points to a block of memory that does not exist is called a dazzling pointer or wild pointer