window system
Software which allows a workstation's screen to be divided into rectangular
areas which act like a separate input/output devices under the control of
different application programs. This gives the user the ability to see the
output of several processes at once and to choose which one will receive input
by selecting its window, usually by pointing at it with a mouse.
Examples are the X Window System, and proprietary systems on the Macintosh and
NeXT, NeWS on Suns and RISC OS on the Archimedes. See also WIMP.
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