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) (originally called Window), during World War II, the dropping of aluminium foil by aircraft to deceive radar installations

Arts and entertainment

* ''Window'', a 2005 film starring Louis Gossett Jr. * "Window" (short story), a 1980 science-fiction short story by Bob Leman * Window (album), a 1994 album by Christopher Cross, * ''Window'' (EP), a 2000 EP by The Microphones * "Window", a song by the Album Leaf from their 2004 album ''

In a Safe Place ''In a Safe Place'' is an album by The Album Leaf, released in 2004. Recorded in Sigur Rós' Sundlaugin studios, it features collaborations in the recording from Sigur Rós' members and quartet Amiina. "Window" appears in the 2009 BBC document ...

'' * "Window", a song by Fiona Apple from her 2005 album '' Extraordinary Machine'' * "Window", a song by Genesis from their 1969 album '' From Genesis to Revelation'' * "Window", a song by Still Woozy, 2020 * "Window", a song by Tyler, the Creator from his 2011 album '' Goblin''

Computing

* Window (computing), a display rectangle used by a graphical user interface (GUI), or a text displayed at once among data of whole text ** 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 A sliding window protocol is a feature of packet-based data transmission protocols. Sliding window protocols are used where reliable in-order delivery of packets is required, such as in the data link layer (OSI layer 2) as well as in the Transm ...

* Register window, a feature of some CPUs *

Microsoft Windows Windows is a group of several proprietary graphical operating system families developed and marketed by Microsoft. Each family caters to a certain sector of the computing industry. For example, Windows NT for consumers, Windows Server for serv ...

, a computer operating system

People

* Window Snyder, former Mozilla Corporation security expert *

Muriel Window Muriel Inetta Window Turnley (February 16, 1892 – August 29, 1965) was an American actress, singer, vaudeville performer, Ziegfeld Girl, and businesswoman. Early life Window was born in Burlingame, Kansas. Her mother was Catherine Innetta " ...

, (1892–1965), American actress, singer, vaudeville performer, businesswoman and Ziegfeld Girl

Science and technology

Atmospherics

Atmospheric window An atmospheric window is a range of wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum that can pass through the atmosphere of Earth. The optical, infrared and radio windows comprise the three main atmospheric windows. The windows provide direct channels ...

or Astronomical window, those parts of the electromagnetic spectrum that are not absorbed by the Earth's atmosphere ** Radio window ** Optical window ** Infrared window

Biology

* Window period, in medicine, the time between first infection and detectability

Electronics

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

Optics

* Window (optics)

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 Overton window is the range of policies politically acceptable to the mainstream population at a given time. It is also known as the window of discourse. Background The term is named after American policy analyst Joseph Overton, who stat ...

, the range of political ideas the public will accept