It is impossible to answer the question of what a window is in one word, despite the fact that, it would seem, everyone knows this. After all, windows are an integral part of buildings, representing an opening in the wall. But it turns out that this word has many meanings. Detailed information about what a window is will be presented in today's review.
Dictionary interpretation
The lexical meaning of "window" in the dictionary is represented by many variants.
- A recess in the wall of a structure or means of transport to allow sunlight or air to enter. (Anna entered the room to open the window sash, but Sergey asked her not to do this, as he was shivering.)
- A place in the building of an institution, which is intended for its employees to communicate with clients face to face. At the same time, such a place is separated by a partition, in which a small opening has been made. (Pensioners-beneficiaries who came to the reception in the administration will be served separately in the tenthwindow).
- Figuratively, a hole in something. (But finally, a ray of sunlight peeped through the window that appeared between the clouds, illuminating the nearest clearing).
- Charusa is an open polynya located in a bog, the remnant of a reservoir. (The window in the bog was surrounded by tall grasses of various colors and shades, with beautiful flowers and spreading leaves.)
- Conversational - the time freed up in the mode or schedule, especially between school lessons or student hours. (Natasha promised her mother that she would visit her neighbor at the hospital as soon as she had a window in her schedule.)
As you can see, the answer to the question, what is a window, turned out to be by no means unambiguous.
In networking and mathematics
To have a broader idea of what a window is, let's look at other special meanings of this word.
- Computer - one of the elements of the user graphical interface, which is a specific area on the screen. It is used to communicate between the user and the program. (One of the most annoying types of online ads is pop-ups, which can also be classified as banners.)
- In networking, the number of blocks of data that can be sent over a communications network without waiting for confirmation of delivery. (Please explain how the window size can affect the bandwidth of the channel?).
- In mathematics, a sequence of data with a certainlength. Within its framework, any calculations are made. (This algorithm uses a sliding window, the size of which is fixed).
Phraseologisms
Having considered the meaning of the word "window", let's turn to the existing stable combinations in the Russian language in which it is used. These include, for example:
- Dormer - in the roof, in the attic.
- The launch window is the period of time that is suitable for launching a rocket.
- No windows, no doors - a mystery for children.
- Venetian window - consists of three parts.
- Volokovoe window - a small window made in a wooden frame.
- Blank window - a window that does not open, with glass inserted into the frame.
- Red window - large, cut through in peasant huts in the middle of the wall.
- Ribbon window - with height much less than width.
But the most famous is such a phrase as "a window to Europe." The meaning of phraseologism will be discussed in more detail below.
Catchword
The expression "window to Europe" was used by A. S. Pushkin in his famous poem "The Bronze Horseman", which the poet dedicated to Peter the Great as the founder of St. Petersburg. This city was the first seaport for the Russian state. Pushkin wrote that Russians on the B altic coast were destined by nature to “cut a window into Europe.”
Here is a brief background of these lines. During the warwith the Swedes, which was called Northern, by April 1703, Russian troops broke the resistance of a number of Swedish fortresses and settled along the Narva River.
Peter I, who dreamed of turning the Russian state into a sea power, founded a new city in the place where two fortresses, Nienschanz and Landskrona, were burned during the retreat. It happened on May 27, 1703, and this city was St. Petersburg, named after the Holy Apostle Peter, a disciple of Jesus Christ, who was born in the family of a fisherman. St. Petersburg has become a Russian port on the B altic Sea.
Italian about Russia
However, for the first time the expression "window to Europe" in relation to the new Russian capital was used not by Alexander Sergeevich, but by a completely different person. It was a traveler and art connoisseur from Italy, Francesco Algarotev. In one of his writings en titled "Letters on Russia", written in 1759, he used this expression.
But it still gained wide popularity thanks to Pushkin, who wrote The Bronze Horseman in 1833. But in the note to the poem, Alexander Sergeevich refers specifically to the Italian, who was the first to call Petersburg a window through which Russia looks into Europe.
