windowing

windowing

English

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English window
English -ing
English windowing

    From window + -ing.

    Noun

    windowing (usually uncountable, plural windowings)

    1. The windows of a building; fenestration.
    2. (computing) The use of a graphical user interface divided into windows.
      NeWS was an early windowing system.
    3. (film) The scheduling of the exhibition and distribution of a film, involving for example a period of theatrical showings before release on home media.
    4. (signal processing) The multiplication of a signal by a window function, restricting the signal to a specific time segment.

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    Verb

    windowing

    1. present participle and gerund of window

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