DIALOG BOX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dialog box mean? 

• DIALOG BOX (noun)
  The noun DIALOG BOX has 1 sense:

1. (computer science) a small temporary window in a graphical user interface that appears in order to request information from the user; after the information has been provided the user dismisses the box with 'okay' or 'cancel'

  Familiarity information: DIALOG BOX used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIALOG BOX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(computer science) a small temporary window in a graphical user interface that appears in order to request information from the user; after the information has been provided the user dismisses the box with 'okay' or 'cancel'

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

dialog box; panel

Hypernyms ("dialog box" is a kind of...):

window ((computer science) a rectangular part of a computer screen that contains a display different from the rest of the screen)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)

Holonyms ("dialog box" is a part of...):

graphical user interface; GUI (a user interface based on graphics (icons and pictures and menus) instead of text; uses a mouse as well as a keyboard as an input device)