minimization

Minimization is a GUI (Graphical User Interface) term that describes the act of shrinking a window or program in order to reduce it to an icon, or a small image on the tool bar. On a crowded desktop screen, sometimes less is more. Minimizing is helpful because it gets a program or a document out of the way, without actually closing it. When you want to bring up the minimized program or document, you simply click on its image and you are back where you want to be without any wasted time.

W3E References:

GUI (Graphical User Interface)

Print References:

• Que's Computer & Internet Dictionary. Bryan Pfaffenberger with David Wall. Que. Indianapolis, IN. 1995. (ISBN 0-7897-0356-4)