Sectioning of a video display area into two or more separate regions for the purpose of displaying images from different sources (188) Note: In windowing, one window could display data, another motion video from a remote site, and another, graphics
Refers to internal shattering within a crystal (often found in Brandberg crystals) There are literally hollow parts inside these crystals with edges that look like broken glass A Window is a diamond shaped shattering located in the center front of a crystal A crystal containing a window is a powerful teacher
A technique for solving the year 2000 problem With this technique, you leave the years as two-digit fields and use some logic to derive the century For example, you could define a 100-year window (such as 1970 through 2069) and then assume that years of 70 or more are in the 1900s, and years of 69 or less are in the 2000s
A technique to determine the century of the year when it is represented by two digits The 2-digit year is compared against a specific threshold set within a 100-year range ("window") that generally spans two centuries If the 2-digit year is at or above the threshold, the year is in the earlier century of the window If the 2-digit year is below the threshold, the year is in the future century of the window
The ability of a program to divide a display screen into smaller sub-units that permit portions of different sections of a program, or different programs, to be displayed on the screen, edited, and copied independently
Use of a (usually) rectangular area to select part of a coverage for display, transformation, or analysis The area selected may be compiled into a new coverage
Generic method of displaying data on screen, mimicking looking at several pieces of paper at once Each window can be resized, moved and otherwise manipulated It lies at the heart of making multiuser systems user-friendly and points the way for presetting tomorrow's applications
A technique for reducing data processing requirements by electronically defining only a small portion of the image to be analyzed All other parts of the image are ignored
A technique used to solve the Y2K glitch in COBOL applications Years are still represented by two digits instead of four Every time a date is used in a calculation, the computer checks to figure out whether it should assume the first two digits are 19 or 20 A 50-year windowing approach would work this way: If the year is from 00 to 49, the software will assume it's the next century If it's from 50 to 99, the machine will think that a 19 goes in front