viewport
- noun
- /ˈviːpɔːrt/
- Specialized
- The graphic designer adjusted the layout so that all important elements fit within the viewport of the website.
But the great thing about Bluescape is that it has this viewport basically into limitless kinds of worlds where you can create different projects.
- But the great thing about Bluescape is that it has this viewport basically into limitless kinds of worlds where you can create different projects.
Examples
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For ray-casting, you need to make sure you are only casting inside the "viewport" where your scene is being rendered.
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So let's turn off the view of markings in the viewport like that and select our dice object.
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Motion outside the viewport drew his attention from the dark controls.
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"The introduction pulled her attention once more from the spectacle of the ships outside the viewport.
Fiction book (2000) -
In the taskbar drawer at the bottom of the browser viewport, click the Browse button.
Blog text (18) -
But the great thing about Bluescape is that it has this viewport basically into limitless kinds of worlds where you can create different projects.
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I found him on the observatory level, sitting at a broad viewport, staring out at the steppe.
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Admiral Pellaeon was standing at the forward viewport, gazing out at the dead planet when Captain Ardiff arrived on the bridge.
Fiction book (1999) -
We should embrace the chaos of screen sizes (well, viewports) and continue our work accordingly.
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Nearby was a viewport—a viewscreen, actually—filtering the stars' radiation into intensities kinder to human eyes.
Fiction book (2002)
Synonyms
A rectangular area on a computer screen that shows information separately from other areas
A part of a screen where images, charts, or video appear
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Etymology
Viewport combines view 'to see' and port 'opening' or 'gate', so you can think of it as a small window on a screen that shows what is visible. That's why in software a viewport is the visible 'window' where page content appears.