selector

3 definitions found

selector - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Selector \Se*lect"or\, n. [L.]
     One who selects.
     [1913 Webster]

selector - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  selector
      n 1: a person who chooses or selects out [syn: picker,
           chooser, selector]
      2: a switch that is used to select among alternatives [syn:
         selector, selector switch]

selector - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  selector
  
     <programming> 1. In Smalltalk or Objective C, the syntax
     of a message which selects a particular method in the target
     object.
  
     2. An operation that returns the state of an object but does
     not alter that state.  Selector functions or methods often
     have names which begin with "get" and corresponding modifier
     methods or procedures whose names begin with "set".
  
     (1998-01-12)