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Definition: Cursor coding


An AI-based integrated development environment (IDE) from San Francisco-based Anysphere for Windows, Mac and Linux. Launched in 2023, Cursor is a derivation of Visual Studio that uses AI to write programs, which is also known as "vibe coding." See AI programming.




Cursor's Autocomplete
One of the many features of Cursor is its autocomplete function for code. Pressing Tab in the example above generates the four new lines of code (in gray) below the black line. (Image courtesy of Anysphere.)