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viewport

viewport

3 4.6
The part of a screen where a website or app shows content
  • noun
  • /ˈviːpɔːrt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : ventana gráfica
  • 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.

Examples

  • For ray-casting, you need to make sure you are only casting inside the "viewport" where your scene is being rendered.

    Blog text (19)
  • So let's turn off the view of markings in the viewport like that and select our dice object.

  • Motion outside the viewport drew his attention from the dark controls.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • "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.

  • I found him on the observatory level, sitting at a broad viewport, staring out at the steppe.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • 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.

    Blog text (27)
  • Nearby was a viewport—a viewscreen, actually—filtering the stars' radiation into intensities kinder to human eyes.

    Fiction book (2002)

Synonyms

window
vsviewport
731 3.7

A rectangular area on a computer screen that shows information separately from other areas

is not necessarily rectangular or independent from other screen areas
visual area
vsviewport
  • Specialized
3.8

A part of a screen where images, charts, or video appear

is not limited to visual media and can display other types of content

How Big

screen
1.0
window
731 3.7
viewport
  • Specialized
3 4.6
panel
  • Specialized
112 4.5
thumbnail
  • Texting
18 3.4

Surface Forms

viewport singular
viewports plural

Morphology

viewport = view + port (semi-transparent) = view + port

The compound 'view' + 'port' is clear, but the computing sense ('screen area') is a specialized, metaphorical extension not obvious to all learners.

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.