Meanings
nounsplash screen (plural splash screens)
plural splash screens
- computingAn initial screen displayed by an application, usually containing a logo, version information, and a copyright notice.
While a splash screen is displayed, project forms can be loaded, databases accessed, local databases initialized, and information validated.
1998, Harold Davis, Visual Basic 6 Secrets, IDG Books, →ISBN, page 400Synonyms: startup screen
- InternetA splash page.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn initial screen displayed by an application, usually containing a logo, version information, and a copyright notice.
Similar
startup screen
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Translations
Danish startskærm
- startskærmgraphical user interface: initial screen displayed by interactive software
Finnish käynnistyskuva
- käynnistyskuvagraphical user interface: initial screen displayed by interactive software
German Startbildschirm
- Startbildschirmgraphical user interface: initial screen displayed by interactive software
Portuguese tela de arranque, tela inicial
- tela de arranquegraphical user interface: initial screen displayed by interactive software
- tela inicialgraphical user interface: initial screen displayed by interactive software
- tela de iníciographical user interface: initial screen displayed by interactive software
- ecrã de arranquegraphical user interface: initial screen displayed by interactive software
- ecrã inicialgraphical user interface: initial screen displayed by interactive software
- ecrã de iníciographical user interface: initial screen displayed by interactive software
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APA
splash screen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/splash%20screen
MLA
“splash screen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/splash%20screen. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “splash screen,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/splash%20screen.
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