Dashboard

Quick meaning: Dashboard is a noun meaning (nautical) The float of a paddle wheel.

Meaning

(nautical) The float of a paddle wheel.

More Meanings

1. (graphical user interface, video games) A graphical user interface for changing settings.
2. (computing) A data visualization that summarizes reports from multiple disparate sources at a glance.
3. (Internet) The personalized feed of a user of a website, consisting of recent updates of pages the user has used or followed.
4. To organize in a dashboard format.
5. A panel beneath the windshield of a vehicle or aircraft containing indicator gauges, compartments, and sometimes controls and indicator lights.
6. (historical) An upturned screen of wood or leather placed on the front of a horse-drawn carriage, sleigh or other vehicle that protected the driver from mud, debris, water and snow thrown up by the horse's hooves.

Example Sentences

Dashboarding your work can enhance productivity.

Log in to the dashboard to change your account settings.

Though it's cold and lonely in the deep dark night / I can see paradise by the dashboard light

I began following other fat-positive Tumblrs, and soon my dashboard was filled with positive representations of fatness: pictures, stories, quotes, and links to articles and blogs.

Word Forms

• dashboards
• dashboarding
• dashboarded

Synonyms for dashboard

Depending on context, synonyms include splashboard.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include splashboard, meter, panel, pane, fascia, board.

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