Window Definition

A window is an opening in a wall that you can see through. Most windows are made of glass and can be opened to allow air to circulate through them on a hot spring day. In fact, The Affair ended its first season last night with me thinking of throwing my TV out the window. A window is a separate display area on a computer monitor in a system that allows multiple display areas as part of a graphical user interface (GUI). Windows is managed by a Windows Manager as part of a window system. When the window fell, Ripperda saw the wounded Postilion fall on his horse`s neck. In general, advertiser cancellation amounts have increased from 30% to 50%, and cancellation windows have increased from 45 to 60 days before the start of a quarter to 30 to 45 days. Closed shops and empty windows lead to sidewalks and emptier streets. Middle English window, Old Norse vindauga, wind vindr (similar to Old English wind) + auga eye; similar to Old English Äage eye â more at eye A window can usually be resized. For example, it can be stretched, minimized, maximized and closed on either side. On today`s multitasking operating systems, you can have multiple windows on your screen at the same time and interact with each of them whenever you want. It took a few rubber bites from the curtain for me to open the window above his head.

The window was first commonly used as part of Apple`s Macintosh. Later, Microsoft made the idea the basis of its Windows operating system (which was actually a graphical user interface for the Disk Operating System (DOS) operating system on IBM-compatible PCs). The X Window System was developed as a system of open cross-platform windows for use in networks. It allows a client application on a computer to request window services on a user`s workstation. The buildings have windows so that the sun can illuminate the interiors during the day. You can also use windows to designate only the glass in the frame: “Sorry, my baseball broke the window!” Cars also have windows that can be rolled up and down, and department stores use their large windows to showcase items for sale. And on a computer, a window is an area that contains information enclosed by a window-like “frame”. On May 25, he threw a chair out of a window of his brother`s house and drove off, hitting several parked vehicles.

The young man rolled down his window to receive Williams who was approaching “to see what he wanted.” If you can`t go out as often, it should be worth looking out the window regularly. Join our community to access the latest language learning and assessment tips from Oxford University Press! Find out which words work together and create more natural English with the Oxford Collocations Dictionary app. Find the answers online with Practical English Usage, your go-to guide to problems in English.