selectors
Devices that choose
Selectors are people or things that select.
In sports, especially British and Australian usage, selectors are officials who choose players for a team: The selectors dropped him from the national squad.
In computing, a selector is code that targets specific elements for styling or manipulation—CSS selectors identify which HTML elements receive particular formatting rules.
File governing visual formatting
- specificityExactness of detail
- descendantPerson from earlier generations
- siblingBrother or sister
- attributeQuality assigned to something
hover · focus · class · ID · universal · wildcard · cascading · DOM
Legal decision-making body
- panelistsDiscussion group members
- committeeAppointed group for duties
- evaluatorsThose who judge quality
- assessorsThose who evaluate worth
adjudicators · reviewers · examiners · screeners · talent scouts · casting directors · admissions · gatekeepers
Standards for judgment
- optionsAvailable courses of action
- alternativesOther available options
- filteringSelective passage of elements
- preferencesFavored options among alternatives
parameters · conditions · requirements · specifications · constraints · qualifications · standards · benchmarks
Science of hereditary transmission
- traitsDistinguishing personal features
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- pedigreeRecord of descent
- hybridizationMixing distinct genetic lines
crossbreeding · cultivar · stock · bloodline · phenotype · genotype · inheritance · propagation
stylesheet
File governing visual formatting
- specificityExactness of detail
- descendantPerson from earlier generations
- siblingBrother or sister
attribute · hover · focus · class · ID · universal · wildcard · cascading · DOM · targeting
jury
Legal decision-making body
- panelistsDiscussion group members
- committeeAppointed group for duties
- evaluatorsThose who judge quality
assessors · adjudicators · reviewers · examiners · screeners · talent scouts · casting directors · admissions · gatekeepers · decision-makers
criteria
Standards for judgment
- optionsAvailable courses of action
- alternativesOther available options
- filteringSelective passage of elements
preferences · parameters · conditions · requirements · specifications · constraints · qualifications · standards · benchmarks · thresholds
genetics
Science of hereditary transmission
hybridization · crossbreeding · cultivar · stock · bloodline · phenotype · genotype · inheritance · propagation · specimens
switches
Circuit opening devices
- leversForce-multiplying pivot bars
- dialsCircular indicator faces
- knobsGraspable protrusions for turning
buttons · toggles · rotary · channels · tuners · frequency · bandwidth · controls · inputs · interfaces
- cricket termsfielder, test match, batsman, bowler, long leg
- RPAbots, orchestrator, control room, recording, sequences
- organizationsorganization, organizations, company, companies, club
- containersbag, bags, box, boxes, bottle
- decision-makersCEO, CFO, COO, executive, boss
- UI/UXUI, UX, wireframes, wireframe, mockups
selectorsselectees
Persons officially chosen
candidates · applicants · nominees · chosen ones · subjects
selectorsdisplays
Visual presentations or screens
renderers · outputs · presenters · viewers · emitters
selectorsrejectors
Those who decline offers
excluders · eliminators · filters · screeners
- gear selectorTransmission position controller