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Humb N. The Slider On A Window-system Scrollbar.
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thumb n.
The slider on a window-system scrollbar. So
called because moving it allows you to browse through the contents
of a text window in a way analogous to thumbing through a book.
Related:
humb: n. The slider on a window-system scrollbar. So called because moving it allows you to browse through the contents of a text window in a way analogous to thumbing through a book.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
Do you ever feel like putting your fist through a window just so you can feel something?
Yugo: YUGO fast--You hit a tree--YUGO through the window!
Every time you manage to close the door on Reality, it comes in through the window.
Bad weather always looks worse through a window.
My best view from a Window was through OS/2.
She came in through the bathroom window. -- Fab Fou
Dissociated Press n. [play on `Associated Press'
perhaps inspired by a reference in the 1950 Bugs Bunny cartoon "What's Up, Doc?...
Faith goes out through the window when beauty comes in at the door.