windowing
/ˈwɪndoʊɪŋ/
noun
- The practice of opening multiple windows or tabs on a computer screen at the same time.
- She learned about windowing in her computer class to improve her multitasking.
- Windowing allows you to work on a document while browsing the internet.
- Modern operating systems make windowing easy with drag-and-drop features.
- A technique in computer graphics where only a portion of an image or scene is displayed on the screen.
- Windowing helps save processing power by not rendering hidden areas.
- Windowing is used in video games to show only what the player can see.
- The software uses windowing to clip parts of the image that are outside the view.