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window manager in Technology

operating system
A part of a window system which arranges windows on a screen. It is responsible for moving and resizing windows, and other such functions common to all applications.
Examples from the X Window System are twm, gwm, olwm.
(1994-12-06)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © Denis Howe 2010 http://foldoc.org
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