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Definition of splash screen
splash screen
noun
- a window that appears when a computer program is started, but before its main interface is displayed.
This tool has this annoying splash screen that you have to stare at for 10 seconds before you can actually use it.
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Last edited on Nov 11 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
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Other terms relating to 'computer slang': | |
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| Definitions include: the act of removing the CPU from a computer in order to perform a replacement or upgrade. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "as far as I understand it". | |
| Definitions include: "about". | |
| Definitions include: as bad as possible. | |
| Definitions include: a type of shareware that interrupts use of the software to display a message asking the user to "register" the software (i.e. pay for it.) | |
| Definitions include: any limited resource measured in units of area. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "for fuck's sake." | |
| Definitions include: to test something before it is released or presented. | |
| Definitions include: something that indicates poor choices made elsewhere in a code base. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "none of your business." | |
| Definitions include: An annoying fool; idiot. (Used extensively on IRC). | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "ass-to-mouth", i.e. a sex act in which anal sex is immediately followed by fellatio or cunnilingus. | |
| Definitions include: "nothing much". | |
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Other terms relating to 'screen': | |
| Definitions include: of computers, to completely crash. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "blue screen of death." | |
| Definitions include: to browse the internet for many hours while accomplishing little of value. | |
| Definitions include: "screen name". | |
Other terms relating to 'splash': | |
| Definitions include: to attract attention. | |
| Definitions include: to ejaculate. | |
| Definitions include: To urinate (male) | |
| Definitions include: to spend money. | |
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