taskbar

English

Etymology

From task +‎ bar.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtæskˌbɑɹ/

• Audio (UK):

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Noun

taskbar (plural taskbars)

1. (graphical user interface) A bar on a computer desktop used to launch and monitor applications.
   • 2005, Preston Gralla, Windows XP Power Hound: Teach Yourself New Tricks, page 179:

     You can download Google's deskbar for free […] It automatically installs itself as a toolbar on the Windows XP taskbar, but you have to turn it on by right-clicking the taskbar and choosing Toolbars → Google Deskbar.

Translations

bar on a computer desktop

Arabic: شَرِيط مَهَامّ m (šarīṭ mahāmm) Armenian: խնդրագոտի (xndragoti) Azerbaijani: tapşırıq paneli Catalan: barra de tasques f Chinese: Mandarin: 任務欄 / 任务栏 (zh) (rènwùlán) Czech: lišta (cs) f Danish: proceslinje c Dutch: taakbalk (nl) m Finnish: tehtäväpalkki (fi) French: barre des tâches (fr) f Galician: barra de tarefas f German: Taskleiste f Japanese: タスクバー (tasukubā) Korean: 작업 표시줄 (jageop pyosijul) Norwegian: oppgavelinje c Polish: pasek zadań m Portuguese: barra de tarefas (pt) f Romanian: bară de activități f Russian: пане́ль зада́ч f (panɛ́lʹ zadáč) Spanish: barra de tareas f, barra de faenas f Ukrainian: пане́ль завда́нь f (panélʹ zavdánʹ) Vietnamese: thanh tác vụ

See also

• taskbar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia