dialog box

noun

: a window (see window sense 10) on a computer screen for choosing options or inputting information

Examples of dialog box in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Users who want to open unsigned software will now need to go the long way around to do it: First, try to launch the app and dismiss the dialog box telling you that it can't be opened. Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 18 Sep. 2024 Users who want to open unsigned software will now need to go the long way around to do it: first, try to launch the app and dismiss the dialog box telling you that it can't be opened. Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 7 Aug. 2024 Dave Plummer, a former developer at Microsoft, recounted the interesting tale of how the Format drive dialog box was created all those years ago in a post on X over the weekend. Tom Warren, The Verge, 25 Mar. 2024 Steve Jobs Introduces the Macintosh Watch on The Macintosh also provided a user interface toolbox for application developers, enabling applications to have a standard look and feel by using common interface widgets such as buttons, menus, fonts, dialog boxes and windows. Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Jan. 2024 See all Example Sentences for dialog box 

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Word History

First Known Use

1984, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of dialog box was in 1984

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“Dialog box.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dialog%20box. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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