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windowed

windowed

1 4.2
Runs inside a movable box on the computer screen, not full screen
  • adjective
  • /ˈwɪndoʊd/
  • Specialized
translation icon : en modo ventana
  • It sucks to have to play in windowed mode, but it's the only way it has worked for me.
  • windowed impulse response
  • windowed impulse

Examples

  • On Macs, you have menus at the top, just like in most windowed UIS, you have many menus at the top.

  • Does it start as windowed or fullscreen?

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  • I play Amnesia in windowed mode, so screen mode doesn't seem to matter.

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  • If you want to do a comparison in performance between the two, you can do so in windowed mode if fullscreen doesn't work.

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  • I know it's not the common way to use Win8, but those hot corners are a real pain when using Win8 inside a windowed VM.

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  • This basically causes the Wii U console to run an emulated version of the Wii software that shows the windowed menu that we all remember from the Wii.

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  • You can improve your gaming experience by playing in windowed mode, which allows you to easily switch between applications.

  • Many users prefer to run software in windowed mode so they can multitask effectively on their computers.

  • In windowed mode, the application is displayed in a separate rectangular area on the screen, rather than taking up the entire display.

How Fullscreen

fullscreen
3 3.5
windowed
  • Specialized
1 4.2
minimized
4.0

Surface Forms

windowed positive

Morphology

windowed = window (semi-transparent) = window + ed

The suffix 'ed' forms an adjective indicating the presence of windows, but the specific technical meaning related to computer screens is not immediately obvious.

Etymology

The word windowed comes from window, a word formed from wind ('wind') and eye ('eye') to mean a small opening in a wall. On a computer a 'window' is like a small opening on the screen, so windowed means 'in a window' instead of full-screen.