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Windows CE 3.0 Microsoft Windows CE 3.0 is an operating system (OS) designed for embedded systems including PDAs and mobile phones, working within the constraints of the slow processors and reduced amount of memory available on these devices.
Windows Communication Foundation Windows Communication Foundation, sometimes shortened to just WCF, previously codenamed Indigo, is a new communication subsystem to enable applications, in one machine or across multiple machines connected by a network, to communicate. WCF applications can be developed in any language which can target the .
Windows Defender Windows Defender, previously known as Microsoft AntiSpyware, is a software product from Microsoft designed to prevent, remove and quarantine spyware in Microsoft Windows. It is part of Windows Vista and available as a free download for previous supported versions of Windows.
Windows Desktop Search Windows Desktop Search is an indexed search platform released by Microsoft for the Windows operating system. Before its official release it was known as MSN Desktop Search, and is sometimes referred to as such because of its inclusion in the MSN Toolbar.
Windows Desktop Update Microsoft's Windows Desktop Update was included with Internet Explorer 4, was optional, and included features such as Active Desktop and IE4 integration with the Windows Explorer. It was for Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.
Windows Disk Defragmenter Windows Disk Defragmenter is a computer program included in Microsoft Windows designed to increase access speed (and sometimes increase the amount of usable space) by rearranging files stored on a disk to occupy contiguous storage locations, or defragmenting. In Windows Vista, Windows Disk Defragmenter now has an option to automatically run at scheduled times.
Windows DNA Windows DNA is short for Windows Distributed interNet Applications Architecture, a marketing name for a collection of Microsoft technologies that enable the Windows platform and the Internet to work together. Some of the principle technologies comprising DNA include ActiveX, Dynamic HTML (DHTML) and COM.
Windows Driver Foundation Windows Driver Foundation (WDF) is a Microsoft development group which is building tools to aid in the creation of device drivers for Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, and later editions of Windows.
Windows Driver Model In computing, the Windows Driver Model (WDM) — also known (somewhat misleadingly) at one point as the Win32 Driver Model — is a framework for device drivers that was introduced with Windows 98 and Windows 2000 to replace VxD, which was used on older versions of Windows such as Windows 95 and Windows 3.1, as well as the Windows NT Driver Model.
Windows Embedded CE 6.0 Windows Embedded CE 6.0 — codenamed "Yamazaki" — is the sixth major release of Windows Embedded Operating System targeted to enterprise specific tools such as industrial controller to consumer electronics devices like digital cameras.
Windows Explorer Windows Explorer is an application that is part of modern versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system that provides a graphical user interface for accessing the file systems. It is the component of the operating system that presents the user interface on the monitor and enables the user to control the computer.
Windows Fax and Scan Windows Fax and Scan (WFS) is an integrated faxing and scanning application included in the Windows Vista operating system. With Windows Fax and Scan users can send and receive faxes, fax or email scanned documents and forward faxes as email attachments from the computer.
Windows Forms Windows Forms is the name given to the graphical user interface application programming interface (API) included as a part of Microsoft's .NET Framework, providing access to the native Microsoft Windows interface elements by wrapping the existing Windows API in managed code.
Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs (WinFLP) is an operating system from Microsoft optimized for older, less powerful PC hardware. It was originally announced with a codename of Eiger and Mönch in mid-2005, and was released on the 8th of July 2006.
Windows Genuine Advantage Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) is a controversial anti-piracy program initiated by Microsoft that requires users of Microsoft Windows to validate the authenticity of their copy of several recent Microsoft operating systems when accessing several Microsoft Windows services, such as Windows Update, and downloading from the Microsoft Download Center. Previously voluntary, it became mandatory for use of these services in July 2005.
Windows Glyph List 4 Windows Glyph List 4, or more commonly WGL4 for short, also known as the Pan-European character set, is a character repertoire comprising 652 Unicode characters. Its purpose is to provide an implementation guideline for producers of fonts for the representation of European natural languages; fonts that provide glyphs for the entire set of characters can claim WGL4 compliance and thus can expect to be compatible with a wide range of software.
Windows Hardware Engineering Conference The Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) is the annual software developer-oriented trade show and business conference where Microsoft elaborates on its hardware plans for Microsoft Windows-compatible PCs. It commonly features speeches from people such as Bill Gates, and generally has several sponsors including Intel, AMD, ATI et al.
Windows Home Server Windows Home Server is an upcoming operating system from Microsoft. Announced on January 7 2007 at the Consumer Electronics Show by Bill Gates, Windows Home Server is intended to be a solution for homes with multiple connected PCs to offer file sharing, automated backups, and remote access.
Windows indexing service Windows indexing service allows instant searching of PCs and corporate networks. It is an operating system level service that maintains an index of most of the files on a computer and updates them without user intervention.
Windows Image Acquisition Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) is a driver model and application programming interface (API) for modern Microsoft Windows operating systems that enables graphics software to communicate with imaging hardware such as scanners, digital cameras and Digital Video-equipment. It was first introduced in 2000 as part of Windows Me, and continues to be the standard imaging device and API model through successive Windows versions.
Windows Installer The Windows Installer (previously known as Microsoft Installer, codename Darwin) is an engine for the installation, maintenance, and removal of software on modern Microsoft Windows systems. The installation information, and often the files themselves, are packaged in installation packages, loosely relational databases structured as OLE Structured Storage Files and commonly known as "MSI files", from their default file extension (compare: .
Windows Installer CleanUp Utility The Windows Installer CleanUp Utility was first released by Microsoft in January on 2004 to help Windows-based computers clean up installed programs that would either refuse or pretend not to remove themselves from the add/remove programs feature in Microsoft Windows. The tool will forcibly wipe all references of the installation from the registry and make your computer not see it in most cases.
Windows Internet Naming Service Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS) is Microsoft's implementation of NetBIOS Name Server (NBNS) on Windows, a name server and service for NetBIOS computer names. Effectively, it is to NetBIOS names what DNS is to domain names - a central mapping of host names to network addresses.
Windows key The Windows key or Windows logo key (in short WinKey, or rarely Flag key) is a keyboard key originally introduced for the Windows 95 operating system. Historically, the addition of two Windows keys and a menu key marked the change from the 101-key to 104-key layout for PC keyboards:Initially, 104-key keyboards were frequently called "Windows keyboards" but this denomination has become less and less used with time.
Windows Live Windows Live is the collective brand name for a group of Microsoft services, some of which are currently under development. Being partly rebranded from MSN, the new, consolidated online services are Microsoft's latest effort to compete against fast-growing competitors such as Google.
Windows Live Agents Windows Live Agents are chatterbot agents for Windows Live Messenger that is part of Microsoft's Windows Live services. It provide users to interact with the agents through Windows Live Messenger to get more information about specific topics.
Windows Live Alerts Windows Live Alerts, formerly MSN Alerts, is now part of the Windows Live services from Microsoft that allows users to get notification of time-sensitive events and information from various alert providers. Users are able to choose how and when to receive alerts, so that users may stay informed no matter where they are.
Windows Live Clipboard Windows Live Clipboard is an upcoming tool as part of Microsoft's Windows Live range of services. It allows a user to cut and paste data between webpages and browsers using an XML format, including dynamic, updating data, across and between web applications and desktop applications.
Windows Live Contacts Windows Live Contacts is part of Microsoft's Windows Live services. It integrates tightly with Windows Live Mail, Windows Live Messenger, Windows Live Spaces, and Windows Live Mail Desktop to provide users access to their contact's profiles and information.
Windows Live Dev Windows Live Dev is a development center and supplier of software development kits for the Windows Live platform. It provides information on getting started with Windows Live services, latest documentation and APIs, samples, access to community areas and relevant blogs, and announcements of future releases and innovations.
Windows Live Drive Windows Live Drive is an upcoming file hosting service as part of Microsoft's Windows Live range of services. On 2006-08-24, Microsoft announced that the service would likely provide 2 gigabytes of free storage, with additional storage available for purchase.
Windows Live Essentials Windows Live Essentials is a service by Microsoft Corporation which is still in beta testing stage. The final product aims to offer bundled e-mail, instant messaging, security services and other Windows Live entities, and integrates Windows Live Dashboard into a "seamless whole".
Windows Live Healthcare Windows Live Healthcare is an upcoming part of Microsoft's Windows Live range of services. It is expected to replace the MSN Health and Fitness portal and become a service similar to Google]'s [[Google Co-op#Google Health|Google Health.
Windows Live Help Community Windows Live Help Community is part of Microsoft's Windows Live services that provides a collection of forums and message boards for people to communicate with other users about Windows Live services. It aims to provide support for Windows Live services and products.
Windows Live insider club The Windows Live Insider Club is a web-site created so that users of Windows Live could learn more and sign up to services, join in on competitions or recommend friends relating to Windows Live. The site was launched in 2006.
Windows Live Ideas The Windows Live Ideas web site was launched in November 2005 to promote the first Windows Live services, all of which remained in beta until some began to release final versions in the summer of 2006. The site includes links to try out the services, sign up for the betas, learn more about each service, and read team blogs.
Windows Live ID Windows Live ID (originally named .NET Passport; briefly Microsoft Passport Network) is a "unified-login" service developed and provided by Microsoft that allows users to log in to many websites using one account.
Windows Live Mail Desktop Windows Live Mail Desktop is an upcoming e-mail client from Microsoft's Windows Live set of products. It is intended to be a replacement for Outlook Express on Windows XP, as well as a superset of Windows Mail on Windows Vista.
Windows Live Messenger Windows Live Messenger (WLM), formerly and still commonly referred to as MSN Messenger or MSN, is is an advertisement-supported free instant messaging client for Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, and Windows Mobile, first released on July 22, 1999 by Microsoft. It is part of Microsoft's Windows Live set of online services.
Windows Live OneCare Family Safety Windows Live OneCare Family Safety is one of many free Windows Live programs developed by Microsoft. As a parental control application in its beta stage, it allows users to set guidelines and restrictions for children surfing on the internet and allows parents to monitor their children’s web activities.
Windows Live Publisher Windows Live Publisher, also known as Windows Live Book Search Publisher Program, is a part of the Windows Live Search group of tools in Microsoft's Windows Live range of services. Windows Live Publisher allows publishers to add their content to Windows Live Search Books through the Publisher program.
Windows Live Search Windows Live Search is the name of Microsoft's web search engine, successor to MSN Search, designed to compete with the industry leaders Google and Yahoo!. The public beta of Windows Live Search was unveiled on March 8 2006, the final release happened on September 11 2006.
Windows Live Search Academic Windows Live Academic is a part of the Windows Live Search group of tools in Microsoft's Windows Live range of services. It is similar to Google Scholar, but rather than crawling the Internet for academic content, Windows Live Academic search results come directly from trusted sources, such as publishers of academic journals.
Windows Live Search Books Windows Live Search Books is a search service for books, part of Microsoft's Windows Live range of services. Microsoft is working with a number of libraries, including the British Library, to digitise books and make them searchable, and in the case of out-of-copyright books, available across the web.
Windows Live Search Center Windows Live Search Center (formerly known as Windows Live Search) is an upcoming desktop search program from Microsoft's Windows Live division. It will be integrated with Microsoft's existing Windows Desktop Search, Windows Live Search, and Sharepoint Portal Server 2007.
Windows Live Search Mobile Windows Live Search Mobile is an upcoming search tool for mobile devices from Microsoft as part of their Windows Live range of services. It will be designed to format search results to show up to ten on screen at a time, and allow the user to save the results to the device.
Windows Live Search Products Windows Live Product Search is a search service for products, part of Microsoft's Windows Live range of services. It is part of Windows Live Search customised for finding products available for sale on the web.
Windows Live Spaces Windows Live Spaces (WLSpaces for short) is Microsoft's Social Networking platform. The site was launched in early December 2004 as MSN Spaces, with the aim of allowing its users to reach out to others by publishing their thoughts, photos and interests.
Windows Live TV Windows Live for TV (codenamed Orbit, previously Nemo) is a Windows Media Center application that is part of Microsoft's Windows Live services. It provide users to access Windows Live Spaces, Messenger, and Call on their large-screen monitors or TVs using their PC.
Windows Live WiFi Center Windows Live WiFi Center is part of Microsoft's Windows Live services that creates an integrated software solution that helps users to find and securely connect to wireless networks around the world. It includes several features:
Windows Management Instrumentation Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is a set of extensions to the Windows Driver Model that provides an operating system interface through which instrumented components can provide information and notification. WMI is Microsoft's implementation of the Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) Standard from the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF).
Windows Media Windows Media is a multimedia framework for media creation and distribution for Microsoft Windows. It consists of a software development kit with several application programming interfaces and a number of prebuilt technologies.
Windows Media Center Extender Windows Media Center Extenders are set-top boxes that are configured to connect via a Ethernet or Wireless network to a computer running Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition or Windows Vista Home Premium/Ultimate to stream the computer's media center functions to the Extender device. This allows someone to be able to use the Media Center and its features (such as view photos, videos, listen to music, watch live television and use DVR functions, watch recorded TV, etc.
Windows Media Components for QuickTime Windows Media Components for QuickTime, also known as Flip4Mac WMV Player by Telestream, Inc. is one of the few commercial products that allow playback of Microsoft's proprietary audio and video codecs inside QuickTime for Mac OS X.
Windows Media DRM Windows Media DRM is a Digital Rights Management service for the Windows Media platform. It is designed to provide secure delivery of audio and/or video content over an IP network to a PC or other playback device in such a way that the distributor can control how that content is used.
Windows Media Encoder Microsoft Windows Media Encoder is a production tool that enables content developers to convert both live and prerecorded audio, video, and computer screen images to Windows Media Format for live and on-demand delivery.
Windows Media Player Windows Media Player (WMP) is a digital media player and media library application developed by Microsoft that is used for playing audio, video and images on personal computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system, as well as on Pocket PC and Windows Mobile-based devices. Editions of Windows Media Player were also released for Mac OS, Mac OS X and Solaris, but have since been discontinued.
Windows Meeting Space Windows Meeting Space is the name of a peer-to-peer collaboration program in Windows Vista which lets 2-10 users start sessions with other users for collaboration. It is a replacement for the older Windows NetMeeting application, where some features like microphone support is now removed.
Windows Messenger Windows Messenger is a proprietary instant messaging client included in Microsoft's Windows XP operating system. It is also available for Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003, but will not be included in or supported on Windows Vista.
Windows Metafile Windows Metafile (WMF) is a graphics file format on Microsoft Windows systems, originally designed in the early 1990s and not commonly used after the rise of the World Wide Web and the widely used graphics formats such as GIF and JPEG. It is a vector graphics format which also allows the inclusion of raster graphics.
Windows Metafile vulnerability The Windows Metafile vulnerability is a security vulnerability in Microsoft Windows NT-based operating systems which has been used in a variety of exploits since late December 2005. The vulnerability was first discussed in the computer security community around 26 and December 27, 2005, with the first reports of affected computers subsequently announced within 24 hours.
Windows Mobile Windows Mobile is a compact operating system combined with a suite of basic applications for mobile devices based on the Microsoft Win32 API. Devices which run Windows Mobile include Pocket PCs, Smartphones, and Portable Media Centers.
Windows Movie Maker Windows Movie Maker is video editing software that is included in recent versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system. It contains features such as effects, transitions, titles/credits, audio track, timeline narration, and Auto Movie.
Windows Nashville Nashville was the codename for a canceled operating system upgrade for Microsoft Windows 95, which was originally intended to be released in 1996. For Windows 95 users, Nashville was intended to be a fairly minor update that would bridge the gap between Windows 95 and the next major version of Windows — Memphis (popularly referred to as Windows 97 and eventually released as Windows 98).
Windows Neptune Windows Neptune is a version of Microsoft Windows that was in development from early 1999 to early 2000. The goal was to develop a home user operating system from the same sources as the NT-based Windows 2000 that was developed for business users, replacing the older DOS-based Windows 9x home user operating systems.
Windows NT Windows NT is a family of operating systems produced by Microsoft, the first version of which was released in July 1993. It was originally designed to be a powerful high-level language-based processor-independent multiprocessing multiuser operating system with features comparable to Unix to complement workstation versions of Windows that were based on MS-DOS until 2001.
Windows on the World (novel) Windows on the World released March 30, 2005 is a fiction novel written by Frederic Beigbeder, translated by Frank Wynne and published by Miramax Books. It has received great criticism as many believe the events of 9/11 should be approached cautiously or arguably not at all.
Windows on Windows Windows on Windows, commonly referred to as WOW or WoW, is a name of two abstraction subsystems of Microsoft Windows operating system. WoW is a name of two critical components for backward compatibility of legacy code as Windows progresses.
Windows Personal Web Server The Windows Personal Web Server (also known as WPWS) is personal web server software offered by Microsoft for the Windows operating system. PWS was only supported on Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, and Windows NT 4.
Windows PowerShell Windows PowerShell, previously Microsoft Shell or MSH (codenamed Monad) is an extensible command line interface (CLI) shell and scripting language product developed by Microsoft. The product is based on object-oriented programming and the Microsoft .
Windows Preinstallation Environment Windows Preinstallation Environment (WinPE) is a lightweight version of Windows XP/Windows Server 2003 that is used for the deployment of workstations and servers by large corporations. It is also used by OEMs to preinstall Windows client operating systems to PCs during manufacturing.
Windows Printing System Windows Printing System is a piece of software from Microsoft that uses a Microsoft Windows PC to create the output for the printer. It allows lower-cost printers to be built, because all the page composition is done in the computer.
Windows registry In computing, the Windows registry is a database which stores settings and options for the operating system for Microsoft Windows 32-bit versions, 64-bit versions and Windows Mobile. It contains information and settings for all the hardware, operating system software, most non-operating system software, users, and preferences of the PC and so on.
Windows Rights Management Services Windows Rights Management Services (RMS) is a Microsoft Windows technology included in Windows Server 2003 and Windows Vista that is a form of digital rights management for corporate e-mail, documents, and intranet web pages. Companies can use this technology to encrypt confidential documentation, and through server-based policies, prevent the document from being decrypted except by certain people or groups, in certain places.
Windows software trace preprocessor The Windows software trace preprocessor (abbreviated WPP; the preprocessor and related support tools are known as WPP Software Tracing) is a preprocessor that simplifies the use of WMI event tracing to implement efficient software tracing in drivers and applications that target Windows 2000 and later operating systems. WPP was created by Microsoft and is included in the Windows DDK.
Windows Script Host The Microsoft Windows Script Host (originally called Windows Scripting Host, but renamed for the second release) is distributed and installed by default on Windows 98 and later versions of Microsoft Windows. It is also installed if Internet Explorer 5 (or a later version) is installed.
Windows Security Center The Windows Security Center is a control panel included with Microsoft's Windows XP and Windows Vista operating systems that provides users with the ability to view and change the status of computer security settings and services. Windows Security Center also continually monitors these security settings, and informs the user via a pop-up notification balloon if there is a problem.
Windows Server "Longhorn" Windows Server "Longhorn" is the codename for the next server operating system from Microsoft. It will be the successor to Windows Server 2003, and will be called Windows Server 2007 or 2008, depending on its release date — it is known that Microsoft intends to keep the year based naming scheme of its server products.
Windows Server 2003 Windows Server 2003 is a server operating system produced by Microsoft. Introduced on March 28, 2003 as the successor to Windows 2000 Server, it is considered by Microsoft to be the cornerstone of their Windows Server System line of business server products.
Windows Server domain A Windows Server domain or Windows NT Domain is a logical group of computers running versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system that share a central directory database. This central database (known as the Active Directory starting with Windows 2000Northrup, Tony.
Windows Server Update Services Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) provides a software update service for Microsoft Windows operating systems and other software. WSUS is a centrally managed alternative to computer's Microsoft Update system.
Windows SharePoint Services Windows SharePoint Services (WSS), or Windows SharePoint, is a free add-on (value-add) to Windows Server 2003 made available by Microsoft, which offers basic web portal and intranet functionality. It includes portal pages called web part pages made up of web parts (developed in ASP.
Windows Shell In computing, Windows Shell is the most visible aspect of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems. The shell is the container inside of which the entire user interface is presented, including the Task bar, the Desktop, Windows Explorer, as well as many of the dialog boxes and interface controls, but also describes the past shells, like MS-DOS Executive and Program Manager.
Windows Shell namespace The Windows Shell namespace is the system of organization that Windows Explorer uses to present the file system and other objects to the user. Objects inside the Shell namespace can be real file system files and folders, as well as virtual objects like My Network Places and the Recycle Bin.
Windows SideShow Windows SideShow is a new technology that lets Windows Vista drive auxiliary, small displays of various form-factors where ready-access to bite-size bits of information could be imagined. These include displays embedded on the outside of a laptop lid or on a detachable device, enabling access to information and media even when the main system is in a standby mode.
Windows System Assessment Tool Windows System Assessment Tool (WinSAT) is the codename for the automatic system optimizer/tweaker built into the Ultimate edition of Microsoft's most recent operating system, Windows Vista, as well as Windows Server codename "Longhorn".
Windows System Resource Manager Windows System Resource Manager (WSRM) is a component of Microsoft's Windows Server 2003 operating system that provides resource management and enables the allocation of resources, including processor and memory resources, among multiple applications based on business priorities.
Windows Task Manager Windows Task Manager is a task manager application included with Microsoft Windows operating systems that provides information about computer performance and displays details about running applications, processes, network activity, logged-in users, and system services. Successive versions of Windows have introduced new features.
Windows Update Windows Update is a Control Panel found in recent versions of Microsoft Windows that provides updates for the operating system and related components, such as definition updates to the Windows Defender anti-spyware product and Junk Mail filter updates for Windows Mail. In addition, Windows Update is also the means to download Windows Ultimate Extras, optional content offered to users of Windows Vista Ultimate.
Windows Vista Windows Vista is the latest release of Microsoft Windows, a line of graphical operating systems used on personal computers, including home and business desktops. Prior to its announcement on July 22, 2005, Vista was known by its codename Longhorn.
Windows Vista Beta 2 Windows Vista Beta 2 was the first public beta of Windows Vista to be made available to the public, and could be access via a download from Microsofts website or order of DVD software. The beta has now been replaced by Windows Vista RC1.
Windows XP Windows XP is a line of proprietary operating systems developed by Microsoft for use on general-purpose computer systems, including home and business desktops, notebook computers, and media centers. The letters "XP" stand for experience.
Windows XP 64-bit Edition Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition was a version of Microsoft's Windows XP operating system designed to run on Intel Itanium family of microprocessors in their native IA-64 mode. It should not be confused with Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, which is designed for x86-64 processors.
Windows XP Embedded Windows XP Embedded, or XPe, is the componentized version of Microsoft Windows XP Professional. XPe is based on the same binaries as XP Pro, but XPe is marketed towards developers for OEMs, ISVs and IHVs that want the full Win32 API support of Windows but without the overhead of Professional.
Windows XP Tablet PC Edition Windows XP Tablet PC Edition is an edition of Windows XP intended for specially-designed notebook/laptop computers called tablet PCs. Windows XP Tablet PC Edition is compatible with a pen-sensitive screen, supporting handwritten notes and portrait-oriented screens.
Windows-1251 Windows-1251 is an 8-bit character encoding, designed to cover languages that use the Cyrillic alphabet such as Russian, Bulgarian and other languages. It is the most widely used for encoding Serbian and Bulgarian language.
Windows-1252 Windows-1252 is a character encoding of the Latin alphabet, used by default in the legacy components of Microsoft Windows in English and some other Western languages. The encoding is a superset of ISO 8859-1, but differs from the IANA's ISO-8859-1 by using displayable characters rather than control characters in the 0x80 to 0x9F range.
Windows-1255 Windows-1255 is a codepage used under Microsoft Windows to write Hebrew. It is a compatible superset of ISO 8859-8 - the letters are in the same positions, but Windows-1255 adds vowel-points and other signs in lower positions.
Windows.h windows.h is a Windows-specific header file for the c programming language which contains all the function declarations in the API, as well as declarations for all the common macros used by windows programmers, and all the data types used by the various functions and subsystems.
WindowShade WindowShade was a control panel for the Mac OS that allowed a user to double-click a window's title bar to "roll up" the window like a windowshade. When the window was "rolled up", only the title bar of the window was visible; the part of the window that displayed the contents disappeared, allowing easier manipulation of the windows on the screen.

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