Window (disambiguation)
A window is an opening in an otherwise solid, opaque surface, through which light can pass.
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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
Film
- Window, a 2005 film starring Louis Gossett, Jr.
Literature
- "Window" (short story), a 1980 science-fiction short story by Bob Leman
Music
- Window (album), an album released by The Microphones in 2000
Songs
- "Window", by The Album Leaf
- "Window", by Fiona Apple from her album Extraordinary Machine
- "Window", by Meghan Trainor from her album Only 17
- "Window", by Tyler, the Creator from his album Goblin
- "The Window", by The Flying Lizards from their self-titled album
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
- Microsoft Windows, a computer operating system
People
- Window Snyder, former Mozilla Corporation security expert
- Muriel Window, (1892–1965), American actress, singer, vaudeville performer, businesswoman and Ziegfeld Girl
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
- The Window (disambiguation)
- Windows (disambiguation)
- Windowing (disambiguation)
- Window of opportunity
- First window (disambiguation)
- Second window (disambiguation)
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