| bescreen |
(archaic) to conceal as if by covering with a screen; hide from sight. |
| billing |
the order or size of performers' names as they appear on a printed program, screen credits, or the like, taken as a sign of relative status or importance. [1/3 definitions] |
| blind |
(sometimes pl.) a device in a window to screen out light or give privacy within. [1/12 definitions] |
| blip |
a bright spot on a radar screen, used as an indicator. [1/5 definitions] |
| bookmark |
in computing, a user's stored link to a previously visited location on the Internet, often displayed on-screen as a menu item or icon. [1/2 definitions] |
| burka |
a long, loose garment that covers the face and body, worn in public by many Muslim women with a space left open for the eyes and typically covered by a mesh screen. [1/2 definitions] |
| button |
a small, round symbol on a computer screen or electronically-active page that allows one to activate a program. [1/7 definitions] |
| cathode-ray tube |
a vacuum tube in which a stream of electrons is accelerated and focused in a beam that produces lighted traces on a screen at one end of the tube, used in television sets, computer monitors, and the like. |
| click |
in computing, to press and release the button on a mouse in order to carry out an action on the screen, such as positioning the cursor or selecting a program icon (often followed by "on"). [1/8 definitions] |
| CRT |
abbreviation of "cathode-ray tube," a vacuum tube in which a stream of electrons is accelerated and focused in a beam that produces lighted traces on a screen at one end of the tube, used in television sets, computer monitors, and the like. |
| cursor |
a movable marker on a computer screen that indicates the point that will be affected by input from the user. |
| curtain |
anything that functions as a screen or barrier. [1/7 definitions] |
| desktop |
in computing, a graphical interface on personal computers that represents the user's working space as icons on a background that covers the screen, or the folder whose contents are thus represented. [1/4 definitions] |
| dial |
to select (numbers or other symbols) on a telephone by turning a dial, pressing buttons, or tapping a screen. [1/8 definitions] |
| dialog box |
a window generated by a computer program that appears on the screen to ask for information from the person using the computer. |
| display |
in computers, the screen on which data is displayed, or the data itself as it appears to the user on the screen. [1/8 definitions] |
| display name |
in computing, a name visible on a computer screen which indicates the user's identity. The display name is not necessarily the same as the user's "username," which is used in logging in. |
| drag |
in computing, to move (a selected item) across a computer screen by manipulating the mouse while holding down the mouse button. [1/13 definitions] |
| e-book |
a book published in digital format for display on a computer screen or handheld device. |
| filmstrip |
a strip of developed film containing a series of still photographs designed to be projected on a screen. |
| fluoroscope |
a fluorescent screen used with x-rays or other radiation for viewing the internal structure of opaque objects such as the human body. |