notification area

English

Noun

notification area (plural notification areas)

(computing, graphical user interface) An area of the taskbar used for icons and alerts.
- 2001, Paul McFedries, The complete idiot's guide to Windows XP:
  When this check box is activated, Windows XP will hide notification area icons that you haven't used in a while.
- 2002, David Pogue, Windows XP Home Edition: The Missing Manual:
  If you want to add these controls to the notification area, you must do it yourself, using the corresponding Control Panel programs...
- 2005, Curt Simmons, Windows XP headaches:
  The notification area is configured by default to hide icons when they are not in use...

Synonyms

Translations

computing: an area of the taskbar used for icons and alerts

Portuguese: área de notificação f, área de notificações f

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