Meaning of Selector | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Someone or something which selects or chooses.
2. An administrator responsible for selecting which players will play for a side.
3. A matching expression in a stylesheet determining which elements in the markup are affected by a style.
4. A pointer to a structure describing a segment of memory.
5. A text string transmitted to a Gopher server, identifying the resource to be retrieved.
   Internet, historical
6. A disc jockey.
7. A person who is entitled to choose a tract of Crown land to purchase.
   Australia, historical

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Examples

“There is one selection for hot chocolate. All selectors are the push⟳ button type⟳.”

“The ID selector targets just one element per page, making it much more specific than a class selector that might target⟳ many.”

“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.”

“Phar Lap executables […] provide⟳ a protected-mode selector, 34h, that maps to the first megabyte of physical memory.”

“You will only have⟳ to be concerned with DPMI, selectors, and such, if you use⟳ Borland C++ in DOS.”

“Gopher selector strings are more liberal in makeup than URLs and may contain⟳ any characters other than a tab, return⟳, or linefeed.”

“That's my sector, homosexual dissector / Come⟳ again, rewind selector”

“This sonic body has to decide⟳ which music track to play⟳ at any particular moment. But when the selector is alone in front of the crowd, how do they know⟳ which track to play⟳ next?”

“Each selector in turn⟳ chose the particular allotment he wanted for his client, and so on till this important work⟳ was over.”

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