Definitions

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  • noun computing, graphical user interface A toolbar embedded into the taskbar.

Etymologies

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desk +‎ band. See desktop.

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Examples

  • It so happens that we spent most of last week solving this exact problem: forcing one of our application's deskband on a user's taskbar on Windows XP.

    The Old New Thing 2009

  • It was a request from our customer, a large corporation, who didn't want to have its users 'turn-on the deskband on their own.

    The Old New Thing 2009

  • In the deskband placed on a horizontal taskbar numbers are shown at the left as before.

    Softpedia - Windows - All 2009

  • Of all the downloads, the WA toolbar and deskband demonstrated more of the scope and versatility of Wolfram Alpha by pointing me to different sources -- something I didn't know about just from using the Web site.

    Original Signal - The best of Web 2.0 2009

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