splash screen

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splash screen (plural splash screens)

  1. (graphical user interface) An initial screen displayed by an application, usually containing a logo, version information, and a copyright notice.
    Synonym: startup screen
    Coordinate term: homescreen
    • 1998, Harold Davis, Visual Basic 6 Secrets, IDG Books, →ISBN, page 400:
      While a splash screen is displayed, project forms can be loaded, databases accessed, local databases initialized, and information validated.
  2. (Internet) A splash page.

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