splash screen

English

splash screen (1) of Processing 4 (2021)

Noun

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.

Translations

graphical user interface: an initial screen displayed by interactive software

• Danish: startskærm
• Finnish: käynnistyskuva
• German: Startbildschirm m
• Portuguese: (Brazil) tela de arranque, (Brazil) tela inicial, (Brazil) tela de início, (Portugal) ecrã de arranque, (Portugal) ecrã inicial, (Portugal) ecrã de início

Further reading

• splash screen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia