system tray

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The portion of the taskbar that displays the system time and icons for running processes, which can often launch menus for those processes.

Word forms

system tray system trays

Etymology

From the file SysTray.exe, first appearing in Microsoft Windows 95 in 1995.

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