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hotbuttons

hotbuttons is the plural of hotbutton.

Meaning of hotbutton

Noun

hotbutton (plural hotbuttons)

  1. (dated) An image or passage in an online screen or document that triggers an action.
    • The Wide Area Information Service (WAIS, pronounced "wayz") lets you look for specific words or phrases in a file, while the Web (WWW) gives you files with hypertext hotbuttons built in.1995, Alfred Glossbrenner, Internet 101: a college student's guide, page 47

Questions about hotbuttons

What is hotbuttons the plural of?
Hotbuttons is the plural of hotbutton.

Words near hotbuttons in the dictionary

  1. hotbunk
  2. hotbunked
  3. hotbunking
  4. hotbunks
  5. hotbutton
  6. hotbuttons
  7. hotcake
  8. hotcakes
  9. hotch
  10. hotch-potch
  11. hotcha

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