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userbox

UK/ˈjuːzəˌbɒks//ˈjuzɚˌbɑks/

userbox noun: a simple, standardised box placed on a webpage to indicate the user's proficiencies or preferences.

Noun

userbox (plural userboxes or (humorous) userboxen)

  1. A simple, standardised box placed on a webpage to indicate the user's proficiencies or preferences.
    • I wasn't satisfied with the retrogamer userbox, so I created a new one.2006, Lee K Seitz, “Any Wikipedians here?”, in rec.games.video.classic (Usenet)
    • Creating a userbox template for posting on member editors' user pages.2008, John Broughton, Wikipedia: The Missing Manual
  2. (Internet) A graphic modelled after this, shared on various social media websites.
    • thank you all!! All 10613 of you!!! Maybe more now!! Here’s to many more userboxes being made!!❤❤2016 September 21, userboxes, retrieved 07 Jul 2014
    • Made some plural userboxes, feel free to use! (With or without credit) - Ben Levine2022 January 30, r/plural, retrieved 07 Jul 2014

userbox meaning in Indonesian

userbox in Indonesian

a box placed on a webpage
kotak pengguna

Forms of userbox

pluraluserboxes
plural (humorous)userboxen

Origin of userbox

Compound of user + box.

Questions about userbox

What does userbox mean?
Userbox means a simple, standardised box placed on a webpage to indicate the user's proficiencies or preferences.
What is userbox in Indonesian?
Userbox in Indonesian is kotak pengguna. See Userbox meaning in Indonesian.
What part of speech is userbox?
Userbox is a noun.
How do you pronounce userbox?
Userbox is pronounced /ˈjuːzəˌbɒks/ (UK).
What is the plural of userbox?
The plural of userbox is userboxes.

Words near userbox in the dictionary

  1. user-worked
  2. userbar
  3. userbars
  4. userbase
  5. userbases
  6. userbox
  7. userboxes
  8. usercentric
  9. usercentricity
  10. useress
  11. useresses

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