Tray vs Trunking - What's the difference?
tray | trunking |
A small, typically rectangular or round, flat, rigid object upon which things are carried.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
, title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=2 A flat carrier for items being transported.
The items on a full tray.
A component of a device into which an item is placed for use in the device's operations.
(computing, graphical user interface, informal) A notification area used for icons and alerts.
* 2007 , Brian Livingston, Paul Thurrott, Windows Vista Secrets
To place items on a tray.
To slide down a snow-covered hill on a tray from a cafeteria.
All the electrical and communications cables bundled together and distributed through a building.
(business) The movement of containers or packages between a terminal and a transporter's inland facilities, or the scheduled transportation service between locations. Also called linehaul.
(UK) A system of ducts for cables, heating or ventilation.
(UK) Plastic conduit or duct used to conceal and protect electrical wiring.
As nouns the difference between tray and trunking
is that tray is (obsolete) trouble; annoyance; anger or tray can be a small, typically rectangular or round, flat, rigid object upon which things are carried while trunking is all the electrical and communications cables bundled together and distributed through a building.As a verb tray
is (obsolete) to grieve; annoy or tray can be to place items on a tray or tray can be (obsolete) to betray.tray
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) traye, treie, from (etyl) .Derived terms
* (l)Etymology 2
From (etyl) trayen, treien, from (etyl) .Etymology 3
From (etyl) treye, from (etyl) . More at (l).Noun
(wikipedia tray) (en noun)citation, passage=Now that she had rested and had fed from the luncheon tray Mrs. Broome had just removed, she had reverted to her normal gaiety. She looked cool in a grey tailored cotton dress with a terracotta scarf and shoes and her hair a black silk helmet.}}
- some developers try to use it that way for some reason (some applications inexplicably minimize to the tray rather than to the taskbar as they should).
Derived terms
* in-tray * meat tray * out-tray * tray-table * TV trayVerb
(en verb)- Be sure to tray eggs with the large end up.
- Traying has provided collegiate fun and the occasional fatality for decades.