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system tray

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

Noun

system tray (plural system trays)

  1. The portion of the taskbar that displays the system time and icons for running processes, which can often launch menus for those processes.
    • The system tray sits on the opposite end of the taskbar from the Start menu. If the taskbar is on the bottom of the screen, the system tray is on the right side of the taskbar.2005, Dan Gookin, PCs For Dummies Quick Reference, →ISBN, page 57
    • The new System Tray API makes it possible for an application to gain access to the desktop's system tray, which presents the system time and icons of applications that interact with the system tray.2007, Jeff Friesen, Beginning Java SE 6 Platform: From Novice to Professional, →ISBN, page 103

system tray meaning in Tamil

system tray in Tamil

கணினியியல், முறைமைப் பட்டை, அமைப்புப் பட்டை

Forms of system tray

pluralsystem trays

Origin of system tray

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

Questions about system tray

What does system tray mean?
System tray means the portion of the taskbar that displays the system time and icons for running processes, which can often launch menus for those processes.
What is system tray in Tamil?
System tray in Tamil is கணினியியல், முறைமைப் பட்டை, அமைப்புப் பட்டை. See System tray meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is system tray?
System tray is a noun.
What is the plural of system tray?
The plural of system tray is system trays.

Words near system tray in the dictionary

  1. system sales
  2. system seller
  3. system software
  4. system time
  5. system times
  6. system tray
  7. system trays
  8. system unit
  9. system units
  10. system-monger
  11. system-mongers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: system tray (page history and authors); system tray (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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