"picture box" meaning in English

See picture box in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: picture boxes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} picture box (plural picture boxes)
  1. (computing, graphical user interface) A user interface control for displaying an image. Categories (topical): Computing, Graphical user interface

Inflected forms

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