windowing

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noun

The windows of a building; fenestration.

“NeWS was an early windowing system.”

OriginEnglish window ← Middle English wyndowe ← Old Norse vindauga →
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Meanings

nounwindowing (usually uncountable, plural windowings)

plural windowings

  1. uncountableusuallyThe windows of a building; fenestration.
  2. uncountableusuallycomputingThe use of a graphical user interface divided into windows.

    NeWS was an early windowing system.

  3. uncountableusuallybroadcastingThe scheduling of the exhibition and distribution of a film, involving for example a period of theatrical showings before release on home media.
  4. uncountableusuallycomputingThe multiplication of a signal by a window function, restricting the signal to a specific time segment.
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of window

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂weh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂wḗh₁ti
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂wéh₁n̥ts
  4. Proto-Germanic*windaz
  5. Old Norsevindr
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ekʷ-
  7. Proto-Germanic*augô
  8. Proto-Norse*ᚨᚢᚷᚨ (*auga)
  9. Old Norseauga
  10. Old Norsevindauga
  11. Middle Englishwyndowe
  12. Englishwindow
  13. Englishwindowing

From window + -ing.

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Translations

French fenêtrage
  • fenêtragethe windows of a building
Cite this entry
APA

windowing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/windowing

MLA

“windowing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/windowing. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “windowing,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/windowing.

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