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-in [computing], a window is a [graphical control element]-
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(it consists of a ‘visual area’ containing some of the ‘graphical user interface’ of the program it belongs to and is framed by a ‘window decoration’)
(it usually has a ‘rectangular shape’ that can overlap with the area of other ‘windows’)
(it displays the output of and may allow input to 1 or more ‘processes’)
(‘windows’ are primarily associated with ‘graphical displays’, where they can be manipulated with a ‘pointer’ by employing some kind of ‘pointing device’)
(‘text-only displays’ can also support ‘windowing’, as a way to maintain multiple independent display areas, such as multiple ‘buffers’ in ’emacs’)
(‘text windows’ are usually controlled by ‘keyboard’, though some also respond to the ‘mouse’)
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(a ‘graphical user interface’ (GUI) using ‘windows’ as one of its main “metaphors” is called a ‘windowing system’, whose main components are the ‘display server’ + the ‘window manager’)
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