dashboard
- (in an automobile or similar vehicle) a panel beneath the front window having various gauges and accessories for the use of the driver; instrument panel.
- Computers.
- a user interface or web page that gives a current summary, usually in graphic, easy-to-read form, of key information relating to progress and performance, especially of a business or website: Our managers use an interactive dashboard to monitor employee data. The project dashboard shows all tasks assigned to your team. Test scores are posted on the school dashboard.
- a web page or portal that provides links to key information and useful tools on a website: You can see financial reports with just one click from the dashboard. Use the dashboard link to add a location to your blog post.
- a board or panel at the front of an open carriage or the like to protect the occupants from mud or dirt cast up by the hoofs of the animals drawing the vehicle.
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Contemporary Examples of dashboard
It means pushing every police department to send their cops out with body and dashboard cameras.
The Ferguson Police do have two dashboard cams, but Chief Tom Jackson says he lacks the $3,000 per camera cost to install them.
The front passenger, 15-year-old Amy Rademaker, was trapped between the seat, the dashboard, and the side door.
A closer reading of the Sleeprate dashboard found that both it and the PSG detected an elevated heart rate.
The website Hybridcars.com publishes a monthly dashboard of sales.
Historical Examples of dashboard
He hauled the microphone from its cubby in the dashboard and spoke the code words.
Raiders InvisibleDesmond Winter Hall
It eddied through the sulky between the dashboard and the curtained sides.
Cy Whittaker's PlaceJoseph C. Lincoln
The dolls were arranged in a row against the back of the dashboard.
Mary-'GustaJoseph C. Lincoln
The reins he had tucked between the edge of the dashboard and the whip socket.
Keziah CoffinJoseph C. Lincoln
She lifted the foot, and rested it on the dashboard, bending and twisting it.
The Heart of Thunder MountainEdfrid A. Bingham
dashboard
- Also called (Brit): fascia the instrument panel in a car, boat, or aircraftSometimes shortened to: dash
- obsolete a board at the side of a carriage or boat to protect against splashing
- commerce a document presenting the most significant information about a subject on a single page