windowing

English

Etymology

From window +‎ -ing.

Noun

windowing (usually uncountable, plural windowings)

  1. The windows of a building; fenestration.
  2. (computing) The use of a graphical user interface divided into windows.
    NeWS was an early windowing system.
  3. (film) The scheduling of the exhibition and distribution of a film, involving for example a period of theatrical showings before release on home media.
  4. (signal processing) The multiplication of a signal by a window function, restricting the signal to a specific time segment.

Translations

Verb

windowing

  1. present participle and gerund of window