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What is "dialogue box"

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
dialogue box
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A dialogue box will appear asking you whether you want a new Program Group or a new Program Item.
▪ The standard file is accessed by many applications to provide the dialogue box which allows files to be opened and saved.
▪ This dialogue box will search for data within set criteria, extract it and write it to a pre-defined output block.
▪ This brings up a dialogue box, where you type in the necessary alterations.
▪ Whenever a file is opened or saved a number of extra buttons appear in the dialogue box.
Wiktionary
dialogue box

n. (context computing graphical user interface English) A window that prompts the user to enter information.

Usage examples of "dialogue box".

Beside each symbol there was a dialogue box with the details of an Amex transaction.

At the bottom of the display, like the captioning for the hearing-impaired, was a dialogue box being typed by intelligence specialists at the National Security Agency.

The reply came back as a dialogue box patched through to the scanning team, and a direct visual feed from a camera on the dorsal fin.

At the bottom, the dialogue box showed numerous attempts to shut down TRANSLTR.

I don't need to hide behind a dialogue box, and I don't like cliches, and I don't like hanging around!

He supposed there probably was a warning light or a dialogue box on the screen that would tell him when the starship's bay doors were open, but he didn't want to look for that now.