| 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] |
| cage |
a movable screen used for batting practice in baseball or softball. [1/4 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 let go of the button on a mouse in order to carry out an action on the screen, such as moving the cursor or opening a program (often followed by "on"). [1/7 definitions] |
| computer graphics |
images produced by a computer than can be displayed on the screen or printed. |
| 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. The cursor shows where to click on an icon or where letters or numbers can be typed in. |
| curtain |
anything that acts as a screen or cover. [1/4 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 on a screen. [1/2 definitions] |
| dialog box |
a window that appears on a computer screen to ask for information from the person using the computer. |
| display |
the screen of a computer on which information is shown. [1/3 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 |
to move (something) from one place to another on a computer screen by clicking on the object and holding down the mouse button while moving it. [1/6 definitions] |
| drive-in |
an outdoor theater at which people watch movies on a very large screen while sitting in their cars. [1/2 definitions] |