iconify, v. Computing.
Brit. /ʌɪˈkɒnɪfʌɪ/, U.S. /aɪˈkɑnəˌfaɪ/
[‹ icon n. + -ify suffix. Compare iconize v.]
trans. = iconize v. Additions
| 1986M. Gancarz in Proc. USENIX Assoc. Summer Conf. 429 Current user interfaces for X..provide basic window management functions, such as..iconifying windows. 1995 Australian (Brisbane) 14 Nov. 49/2 The user can pop-up or iconify windows. 2003 G. Fitzpatrick Locales Framework iv. 57 There are multiple mail icons, where mail is filtered into different folders.There are other tools that have been iconified as well. |
Derivatives. iconified adj.
| 1989 Byte Oct. 202/2 Clicking the mouse's left button..toggles the program's *iconified/expanded state. 2002 ACM Trans. Programming Langs. & Systems (Nexis) Mar. 153 We model objects changing mutually exclusive classes (for example, opened window versus iconified window). |