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Taskbar vs Sidebar - What's the difference?

taskbar | sidebar |

In computing terms the difference between taskbar and sidebar

is that taskbar is the application desktop bar which is used to launch and monitor applications in Microsoft Windows 95 and later operating systems while sidebar is information placed at the side of a webpage.

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")

    sidebar

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia sidebar) (en noun)
  • a short news story printed alongside a larger one
  • (computing) information placed at the side of a webpage
  • (US, legal) a short conference, between a judge and the attorneys of a case, held outside the jury's hearing; the place where this happens

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