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Toolbar vs Taskbar - What's the difference?

toolbar | taskbar |

As nouns the difference between toolbar and taskbar

is that toolbar is a row of buttons, usually marked with icons, used to activate the functions of an application or operating system while taskbar is the application desktop bar which is used to launch and monitor applications in Microsoft Windows 95 and later operating systems.

toolbar

English

(wikipedia toolbar)

Alternative forms

* tool bar

Noun

(en noun)
  • (graphical user interface) A row of buttons, usually marked with icons, used to activate the functions of an application or operating system

    • See also

    * tooltip

    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")