"Start button" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Start buttons [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Start button (plural Start buttons)
  1. (computing, graphical user interface) a labeled button in some versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system that opens the Start menu. Categories (topical): Computing, Graphical user interface, Microsoft Related terms: Start menu, menu button (english: free desktops) Translations (button in some versions of the Microsoft Windows): Մեկնարկ (Meknark) (Armenian), aloituspainike (Finnish), Пуск (Pusk) (english: Russian version of MS Windows) [masculine] (Russian), Старт (english: Start) [masculine] (Russian), botón Comienzo [masculine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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