window
v.
make or supply with windows
n.
opening that is in the wall or roof of a structure and is usually covered with glass letting in light and/or air; windowpane; opening; rectangular frame that appears on-screen and houses data or an application (Computers)
Window
A window is an opening in an otherwise solid and opaque surface that allows the passage of light and, if not closed or sealed, air and sound. Windows are usually glazed or covered in some other transparent or translucent material.
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Window
(v. t.)
To place at or in a window.
(v. t.)
To furnish with windows.
(n.)
The shutter, casement, sash with its fittings, or other framework, which closes a window opening.
(n.)
An opening in the wall of a building for the admission of light and air, usually closed by casements or sashes containing some transparent material, as glass, and capable of being opened and shut at pleasure.
(n.)
A figure formed of lines crossing each other.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
window
1. In
fiber optics, a
band of wavelengths at which an
optical fiber is sufficiently transparent for practical use in
communications applications. [After
FAA] Synonyms spectral window,
transmission window. See
first window,
second window,
third window. 2. In
imagery, a portion of a display surface in which display images pertaining to a particular application can be presented. Note: Different applications can be displayed simultaneously in different windows. 3. A period during which an
event can occur, can be expected to occur, or is allowed to occur.
window system
Software which allows a
workstation's screen to be divided into rectangular areas which act like a separate input/output devices under the control of different
application programs. This gives the user the ability to see the output of several processes at once and to choose which one will receive input by selecting its window, usually by pointing at it with a
mouse.
Examples are the
X Window System, and proprietary systems on the
Macintosh and
NeXT,
NeWS on
Suns and
RISC OS on the
Archimedes. See also
WIMP.
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