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  2. List of graphical user interface elements - Wikipedia

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    A child window opens automatically or as a result of a user activity in a parent window. Pop-up windows on the Internet can be child windows. A message window, or dialog box, is a type of child window. These are usually small and basic windows that are opened by a program to display information to the user and/or get information from the user.

  3. Window (computing) - Wikipedia

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    Window border is a window decoration component provided by some window managers, that appears around the active window. Some window managers may also display a border around background windows . Typically window borders enable the window to be resized or moved by dragging the border.

  4. Thumbnail - Wikipedia

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    The word was then used figuratively, in both noun and adjective form, to refer to anything small or concise, such as a biographical essay. The use of the word "thumbnail" in the specific context of computer images as 'a small graphical representation, as of a larger graphic, a page layout, etc.' appears to have been first used in the 1980s. [3]

  5. WIMP (computing) - Wikipedia

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    A word processing program that uses a WIMP paradigm, providing mouse-operated toolbars and menus to access its functions. In human–computer interaction, WIMP stands for "windows, icons, menus, pointer", [1] [2] [3] denoting a style of interaction using these elements of the user interface. Other expansions are sometimes used, such as ...

  6. Glossary of computer hardware terms - Wikipedia

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    The interface is primarily used to connect a video source to a display device such as a computer monitor, though it can also be used to transmit audio, USB, and other forms of data. Unline HDMI, DisplayPort is open source. drive bay A standard-sized area within a computer case for adding hardware (hard drives, CD drives, etc.) to a computer.

  7. Ribbon (computing) - Wikipedia

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    Use of a ribbon interface dates from the early 1990s in productivity software such as Microsoft Word and WordStar [1] as an alternative term for toolbar: It was defined as a portion of a graphical user interface consisting of a horizontal row of graphical control elements (e.g., including buttons of various sizes and drop-down lists containing icons), typically user-configurable.

  8. Icon (computing) - Wikipedia

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    In computing, an icon is a pictogram or ideogram displayed on a computer screen in order to help the user navigate a computer system.The icon itself is a quickly comprehensible symbol of a software tool, function, or a data file, accessible on the system and is more like a traffic sign than a detailed illustration of the actual entity it represents. [1]

  9. Microsoft Paint - Wikipedia

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    Microsoft Paint (commonly known as MS Paint or Paint for short) is a simple raster graphics editor that has been included with all versions of Microsoft Windows.The program opens, modifies and saves image files in Windows bitmap (BMP), JPEG, GIF, PNG, and single-page TIFF formats.