[austechwriter] Re: [old-austechwriter] Terminology - screen or window

  • From: Melanie Kendell <Melanie.Kendell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "'austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 12:18:20 +1000

Stuart Burnfield wrote:

<snip>
>    A screen is the physical surface of a display device, not the
>    information that is displayed. A window is an area of the screen
>    with visible boundaries in which an application program or
>    information is displayed or in which a dialog is presented.
</snip>

OK so what do I call a particular "screen" of a browser-based application
that lives within the browser window, has multiple "screens" that all think
they are the same page, and is made up of multiple frames?

-Melanie
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