"loading screen" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: loading screens [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} loading screen (plural loading screens)
  1. (computing, dated) A graphical display shown while a program loads (e.g. from cassette tape), comparable to the splash screen in modern software. Tags: dated Categories (topical): Computing Translations (computing: a graphical display shown while a program loads): tela de carregamento [Brazil, feminine] (Portuguese), ecrã de carregamento [Portugal, masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-loading_screen-en-noun-MvMnZqm1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for loading screen meaning in English (2.2kB)

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