l-klik] Pronunciation Key Computers. | 1. | to click a mouse button twice in rapid succession, as to open a program or select a file: Double-click on the desktop icon. |
| 2. | to double-click (a mouse button) or double-click (a program, file, etc.) |
] —Related forms
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
| dou·ble-click (dŭb'əl-klĭk')
v. dou·ble-clicked, dou·ble-click·ing, dou·ble-clicks v. tr. To press down and release a button on (a pointing device) twice in rapid succession in order to activate a command or function represented graphically on a display screen. v. intr. To double-click a pointing device. |
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double-click operating system
Two clicks of a mouse button made in rapid succession without moving the mouse. A double-click often combines the actions of selecting, and then activating an object in a GUI, e.g. selecting and opening a document. Some text editors use double-click to select the word under the mouse pointer.
When used as a verb it is often written as two words with a space instead of a hyphen.
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Double Springs, AL (town, FIPS 21280) Location: 34.14836 N, 87.40314 W
Population (1990): 1138 (452 housing units)
Area: 9.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 35553
Double Oak, TX (town, FIPS 21028) Location: 33.06407 N, 97.11261 W
Population (1990): 1664 (513 housing units)
Area: 5.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
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