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Taskbar vs Ribbon - What's the difference?

taskbar | ribbon |

As nouns the difference between taskbar and ribbon

is that taskbar is (computing) the application desktop bar which is used to launch and monitor applications in microsoft windows 95 and later operating systems while ribbon is a long, narrow strip of material used for decoration of clothing or the hair or gift wrapping.

As a verb ribbon is

to decorate with ribbon.

taskbar

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (computing) The application desktop bar which is used to launch and monitor applications in Microsoft Windows 95 and later operating systems.
  • See also

    * (wikipedia "taskbar")

    ribbon

    English

    (wikipedia ribbon)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A long, narrow strip of material used for decoration of clothing or the hair or gift wrapping.
  • An inked strip of material against which type is pressed to print letters in a typewriter or printer.
  • A narrow strip or shred.
  • a steel or magnesium ribbon
    sails torn to ribbons
  • (shipbuilding)
  • (slang, dated, in the plural) Driving reins.
  • (London Athenaeum)
  • (heraldry) A bearing similar to the bend, but only one eighth as wide.
  • (spinning) A sliver.
  • (computing, graphical user interface) A toolbar that incorporates tabs and menus.
  • (cooking) In ice cream and similar confections, an ingredient (often chocolate, butterscotch, caramel, or fudge) added in a long narrow strip.
  • See also

    * riband

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To decorate with ribbon.
  • Synonyms

    * beribbon

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