dashboard
verbEtymology From dash (“to sprinkle; to splatter”) + board for meaning 1. Possibly expanded meaning later.
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To organize in a dashboard format.
- Dashboarding your work can enhance productivity.
dashboard
nounUK /ˈdæʃˌbɔːd/ · US /ˈdæʃˌboɹd/
Etymology From dash (“to sprinkle; to splatter”) + board for meaning 1. Possibly expanded meaning later.
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Historical An upturned screen of wood or leather placed on the front of a horse-drawn carriage, sleigh or other vehicle that protected the driver from mud, debris, water and snow thrown up by the horse's hooves.
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A panel beneath the windshield of a vehicle or aircraft containing indicator gauges, compartments, and sometimes controls and indicator lights.
- Though it's cold and lonely in the deep dark night / I can see paradise by the dashboard light1977, Jim Steinman, “Paradise by the Dashboard Light”, in Bat Out of Hell, performed by Meat Loaf:
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Computing, Engineering, Graphical user interface, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences, Video games A graphical user interface for changing settings.
- Log in to the dashboard to change your account settings.
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A data visualization that summarizes reports from multiple disparate sources at a glance.
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Internet The personalized feed of a user of a website, consisting of recent updates of pages the user has used or followed.
- It's so addictive, I all too often find myself just scrolling down my dashboard on Tumblr, finding things that other people have reblogged that appeal to me, reblogging, then continuing to scroll.2012, "Grace", quoted in Jennifer Obee, Social Networking: The Ultimate Teen Guide, page 110
- I began following other fat-positive Tumblrs, and soon my dashboard was filled with positive representations of fatness: pictures, stories, quotes, and links to articles and blogs.2014, Cat Pausé, “Express Yourself: Fat Activism in the Web 2.0 Age”, in Ragen Chastain, editor, The Politics of Size: Perspectives from the Fat Acceptance Movement, page 3:
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- Though I rarely use it anymore, absently scrolling through my dashboard acquainted me with many new people from all around the world, and it helped me understand myself in new ways.2022, Barrie Shannon, Sex(uality) Education for Trans and Gender Diverse Youth in Australia, page 163:
- Related terms
- control panel, gauge, instrument panel
- Hyponyms
- board