window manager

<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.

Last updated: 1994-12-06

Nearby terms:

windowing system ♦ window manager ♦ Window RAM ♦ Window Random Access Memory

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