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noun
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a roll of parchment, paper, copper, or other material, especially one with writing on it: a scroll containing the entire Old Testament.
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something, especially an ornament, resembling a partly unrolled sheet of paper or having a spiral or coiled form.
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a list, roll, roster, or schedule.
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EXPANDthe curved head of a violin or other bowed instrument.
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COLLAPSEa note, message, or other piece of writing.
verb (used with object)
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to cut into a curved form with a narrow-bladed saw.
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Computers. to move (text) up, down, or across a display screen, with new text appearing on the screen as old text disappears.
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Scrolling
is always a great word to know.
So is gobo. Does it mean:
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
verb (used without object)
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Computers. to move text vertically or horizontally on a display screen in searching for a particular section, line, etc.
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Word Origin & History
scroll
c.1400, "roll of parchment or paper," altered (by association with rolle "roll") from scrowe (early 13c.), from Anglo-Fr. escrowe, O.Fr. escroe "scrap, roll of parchment," from Frank. *skroda "shred" (cf. M.Du. schroode "shred," O.H.G. scrot "piece cut off," Ger. Schrot "log, block, small shot"), from
EXPANDP.Gmc. *skrautha "something cut." The verb meaning "to write down in a scroll" is recorded from c.1600; sense of "show a few lines at a time" (on a computer or TV screen) first recorded 1981. Related: Scrolled; scrolling.
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Computing Dictionary
scrolling definition
chat, gamesTo flood a chat room or Internet game with text or macros in an attempt to annoy the occupants. This can often cause the chat room to be "uninhabitable" due to the "noise" created by the scroller. Compare spam.
(2001-03-27)
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