windowedapplication
nounUK /ˈwɪndəʊdˌæplɪˈkeɪʃən/
US /ˈwɪndoʊdˌæplɪˈkeɪʃən/
A computer program that shows its work in a box on the screen.
She opened the windowed application to check her email.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A program that runs inside a movable frame on a computer display.
The windowed application let him resize the frame to fit his screen.
3. Software designed to present multiple separate viewing areas at once.
This windowed application keeps the chat and the document side by side.
4. An app that uses on-screen windows instead of a text-only display.
Older tools were text-based, but the new windowed application is much easier to use.