- Historical a screen at the front or side of a carriage, boat, etc. for protection against splashing
- a panel below the windshield, as in an automobile, containing the instrument panel
dashboard
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dashboard
noun
- A panel under the windshield of a vehicle, containing indicator dials, compartments, and sometimes control instruments.
- A panel at the front of a horse-drawn vehicle that projects up to protect the riders from mud, water, or snow kicked up by the horse or horses.
- A user interface on a computer display that presents constantly updated information, such as processing speed, in a format that resembles the dashboard of a vehicle.
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Noun
(plural dashboards)
- An upturned screen of wood or leather placed on the front of a horse-drawn carriage, sleigh or other vehicle that protected the driver from mud, debris, water and snow thrown up by the horse's hooves.
- A panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft, containing indicator dials, compartments, and sometimes controls.
- (computing, video games) A graphical user interface in the form of or resembling a motor car dashboard.
Verb
(third-person singular simple present dashboards, present participle dashboarding, simple past and past participle dashboarded)
- To organize in a dashboard format.
- Dashboarding your work can enhance productivity.
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dashboard - Computer Definition
(1) See Mac Dashboard.
(2) A software-based control panel for one or more applications, network devices or industrial machines. Dashboards may display simulated gauges and dials that look like an automobile dashboard or a factory assembly line, or they may show business graphics such as pie charts, bar charts and graphs. An executive dashboard provides managers with an overview of the business, summarizing all pertinent data in one or two screens. The term may also be used to refer to any control panel application. See HMI.
(3) (Dashboard) An earlier Windows utility from Starfish Software that provided a centralized control panel for launching applications, finding files and viewing system resources. Originally developed by HP, it was later acquired by Starfish, a subsidiary of Nokia as of 2006.
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Sentence Examples
- Over time, you'll end up with stains on the upholstery, grime in the crevices of your dashboard, and things you probably don't even want to think about wedged under your seats.
- As bands like Dashboard Confessional and Fallout Boy enjoyed wide success, the term emo became even more amorphous, with bands being labeled "emo" for having only a vague resemblance to other emo artists or a stereotypical emo image.
- To finish off the look, pick up a few clever accessories like Bombay's dashboard alarm clock that looks like it came straight from a vintage automobile or a basketball hoop lamp that features a glowing glass basketball.
- You will see your dashboard, which is the place where you can quickly see what your friends have been doing, any birthdays coming up, new updates to your friends' page and any bulletins sent from your friends.
- Within the Blogger dashboard, go to "Settings," and then click on "Site Feed." Your site feed, by default, will be stored and updated in the directory: "/feeds/posts/default".
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