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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': | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "safe for work." | |
| Definitions include: legitimate software that is free to use, but displays advertising. | |
| Definitions include: the accepted etiquette on the internet. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "talk to the hand". | |
| Definitions include: a test of a new, repaired, or modified piece of electronic equipment whereby power is turned on, and people nearby look for smoke. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "just out of curiosity". | |
| Definitions include: computer speak for "elite." | |
| Definitions include: a "mode" of human operating in which a collection of similar, unpleasant tasks are performed in one sitting. | |
| Definitions include: to cite a relevant excerpt from some text. | |
| Definitions include: "does anyone else..." or "does anybody else..." | |
| Definitions include: superfluous source code that has yet to be removed. | |
| Definitions include: something that spreads through the internet in the same way that a virus spreads between organisms. | |
| Definitions include: a "mode" activated by typing in all capital letters. | |
| Definitions include: a particular class of "off-by-one" errors in which the intuitive answer is incorrect. | |
| Definitions include: to happen automatically, in a way that appears almost magical. | |
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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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