scorebox
scorebox noun: an enclosed structure in which the scorers sit; often behind the scoreboard.
Noun
scorebox (plural scoreboxes)
- An enclosed structure in which the scorers sit; often behind the scoreboard
- A box overlaid on the screen to display the player's score.
- Video games are notorious for having relatively unchanging areas on the screen (ie the scorebox), which can quickly be burned into the screen.1994, Coyt D Watters, “Projection TVs and SEGA”, in rec.games.video.sega (Usenet)
- Recall that our arcade game is to have a scorebox that knows how to increase itself, and observe that this implies there is a score.2001, Matt Neuburg, REALbasic: the definitive guide, page 64
Forms of scorebox
| plural | scoreboxes |
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Origin of scorebox
From score + box.
Questions about scorebox
- What does scorebox mean?
- Scorebox means an enclosed structure in which the scorers sit; often behind the scoreboard.
- What part of speech is scorebox?
- Scorebox is a noun.
- What is the plural of scorebox?
- The plural of scorebox is scoreboxes.
Words near scorebox in the dictionary
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