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dialogue

2, dialog box
Computing a window that may appear on a VDU display to prompt the user to enter further information or select an option
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dialog box

[′dī·ə‚läg ‚bäks]
(computer science)
On a computer screen, a small window that is used to emphasize the importance of some action or to request an answer to a question.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

dialog box

A movable window that is displayed on screen in response to the user selecting a menu option. It provides the current status and available options for a particular feature in the program. Dialog boxes are typically small, but depending on the amount of information that must be conveyed, they can sometimes be large. See splash screen and window.


Sample Dialog Box
This is the font dialog box that is displayed in Microsoft Word by selecting Font from the Format menu.
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Go up to the main toolbar and click on "Data." Then click on "Sort" and you should see a dialogue box open up.
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When the dialogue box appears, click on the general tab and remove the tick from the hidden check box.
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IN Windows, right-clicking on your hard disk icon then choosing properties from the list will open a dialogue box that contains information about the hard disk.
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When the dialogue box appears, click on the Shortcut tab and on the Change Icon button at the bottom of the box.
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The WinZip dialogue box will appear - if you are happy with the terms and conditions, click on I agree then the main window will appear followed by an add dialogue box.
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When the dialogue box opens type msconfig into the box then click on OK.
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You can also alter the background colour by clicking on the tools menu followed by options then choosing the general tab from the dialogue box that appears.
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When the dialogue box appears, click on the screensaver tab and then click the preview button.
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The dialogue box that appears will contain a slider bar marked speaker volume.
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Krause detailed on a personal blog post how attackers could use pop-up dialogue boxes as phishing attacks to trick a user into giving their Apple ID password voluntarily.
Apple ID passwords may be vulnerable to iOS phishing attacks
The software also features interactive objects such as button sets, dialogue boxes, check boxes, list boxes and drop-down menus.
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Maplets enable you to build dialogue boxes and point-and-click user interfaces within Maple.
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