scrolling

n. action of moving text or images horizontally or vertically so new information appears on one side of the screen as older information disappears from the other side (Computers); disruption in an Internet chat area by entering several lines of text faster than other individuals are able to type (Computers)

v. create curves or spirals, cut into spirals or curves; move on-screen text or images horizontally or vertically so new information appears on one side of the screen as older information disappears from the other side (Computers)

In computer graphics and television, scrolling or text crawling is the act of sliding a horizontal or vertical presentation of content, such as text, drawings, or images, across a screen or display window. Scrolling is often used to show large amounts of data that could not fit on the viewport all at the same time, this is commonly used in window-based computer displays. The word scroll is derived from the way in which people read scrolls of paper, by rolling up the top of the page and allowing objects lower on the page to move up. Smooth scrolling refers to a scrolling display where text appears smoothly, rather than appearing as a whole line at a time.
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Noun
1. a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles
(synonym) coil, whorl, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre
(hypernym) round shape
(hyponym) corolla
2. a document that can be rolled up (as for storage)
(synonym) roll
(hypernym) manuscript, holograph
(hyponym) Dead Sea scrolls
Verb
1. move through text or graphics in order to display parts that do not fit on the screen; "Scroll down to see the entire text"
(hypernym) move
(derivation) roll
(classification) computer science, computing

n. scrolling, moving on-screen text or images horizontally or vertically (Computers)

<chat, games> To flood a chat room or Internet game with text or macros in an attempt to annoy the occupants. This can often cause the chat room to be "uninhabitable" due to the "noise" created by the scroller. Compare spam.
(2001-03-27)

String and Character Recording Oriented Logogrammatic Language.
["SCROLL - A Pattern Recording Language", M. Sargent, Proc SJCC 36 (1970)].
(1994-12-01)

<interface> (From a scroll of paper) To change the portion of a document displayed in a window or on a VDU screen. In a graphical user interface, scrolling is usually controlled by the user via scroll bars, whereas on a VDU the text scrolls up automatically as lines of data are output at the bottom of the screen.
(2001-04-27)