Window (disambiguation)

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A window is an opening in an otherwise solid, opaque surface, through which light can pass.

Window may also refer to:

Aeronautics

Launch window, in aerospace, a time period in which a particular rocket must be launched
Chaff (radar countermeasure), during World War II, the dropping of aluminium foil by aircraft to deceive radar installations

Arts and entertainment

Window (album), an album released by The Microphones in 2000
"Window" (short story), a 1980 science-fiction short story by Bob Leman
"Window", a song by jazz singer Fiona Apple from her album Extraordinary Machine
"Window", a song by The Album Leaf
Window, a 2005 film starring Louis Gossett, Jr.
"Window", a song by Tyler, the Creator from the album Goblin

Computing

Window (computing), a display rectangle used by a graphical user interface (GUI)
- X Window System, the system used by most Unix-like operating systems and OpenVMS
A window in computer networking, a data transmission period, see Sliding Window Protocol
Register window, a feature of some CPUs

People

Window Snyder, former Mozilla Corporation security expert

Science and technology

Atmospherics:

Atmospheric or Astronomical window, those parts of the electromagnetic spectrum that are not absorbed by the Earth's atmosphere

Biology:

Window period, in medicine, the time between first infection and detectability

Electronics:

Window function, in signal processing, a function that is zero-valued outside of some chosen interval

Other uses:

Window (geology) (or "fenster"), a hole in a thrust sheet through which the underlying rocks crop out
Johari window, a technique to improve understanding of one's self and the perceptions of others
Overton Window, the range of political ideas the public will accept

See also

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