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selector

Quick answer

As a noun, selector means someone or something which selects or chooses.

Meanings of selector

8 meanings

noun

  1. Someone or something which selects or chooses.

  2. cricketAn administrator responsible for selecting which players will play for a side.

  3. computingA matching expression in a stylesheet determining which elements in the markup are affected by a style.

  4. computingA pointer to a structure describing a segment of memory.

  5. musicA disc jockey.

  6. A switch that is used to select among alternatives

    Similar: selector switch
Older and rare meanings (2)
  1. internethistoricalA text string transmitted to a Gopher server, identifying the resource to be retrieved.

  2. auhistoricalA person who is entitled to choose a tract of Crown land to purchase.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

noun: a person who chooses or selects out
pickerchooser
noun: a switch that is used to select among alternatives
selector switch

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