Window (disambiguation)

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

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

gollark: Just give me a reasonably sized cuboid with a rectangular screen I can actually hold - it doesn't need to be stupidly high-res or stupidly high-refresh-rate - two cameras, a physical keyboard, user-replaceable components, a µSD card slot, a headphone jack, and a USB-C port or two. Also, a customizable GNU/Linux OS.

gollark: I think the concept of phones is good anyway. I just don't agree with current design trends. At all.

gollark: I mean, they have issues, but I think phones are generally good.Also, it's hardly him who caused it...

gollark: ...

gollark: "These are cool and I have purchased one"?