Window (disambiguation)

A window is an opening in an otherwise solid, opaque surface, through which light can pass.

Window may also refer to:

Aeronautics

Launch window, in aerospace, a time period in which a particular rocket must be launched
Chaff (radar countermeasure), during World War II, the dropping of aluminium foil by aircraft to deceive radar installations

Window (album), an album released by The Microphones in 2000
The Window, a 1949 film based on the short story "The Boy Who Cried Murder" by Cornell Woolrich
Window (short story), a 1980 science-fiction short story by Bob Leman
The Window (song cycle), a musical piece by Sullivan and Tennyson
"Window", a song by jazz singer Fiona Apple from her album Extraordinary Machine
"Window", a song by The Album Leaf
Window (film), a 2005 film starring Louis Gossett, Jr.
"Window", a song by Tyler, the Creator from the album Goblin

Window (computing), a display rectangle used by a graphical user interface (GUI)
- X Window System, the system used by most Unix-like operating systems and OpenVMS
A window in computer networking, a data transmission period, see Sliding Window Protocol
Register window, a feature of some CPUs

Atmospherics:

Atmospheric or Astronomical window, those parts of the electromagnetic spectrum that are not absorbed by the Earth's atmosphere

Biology:

Electronics:

Window function, in signal processing, a function that is zero-valued outside of some chosen interval

Other uses:

Window (geology) (or "fenster"), a hole in a thrust sheet through which the underlying rocks crop out
Johari window, a technique to improve understanding of one's self and the perceptions of others
Overton Window, the range of political ideas the public will accept