status bar

American  

noun

Computers.

1. a row at the bottom of a window that displays information about the window, as the status of a web page load or details of an open document.

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status bar British  

noun

1. a narrow horizontal area at the foot of a computer screen or window in which details are displayed about the program that is running or the document that is being edited

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Etymology

Origin of status bar

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

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status bar

That means a point from either of their last two fixtures - at Chelsea on Tuesday or against Everton at the Tottenham Stadium - will safeguard their top-flight status bar a set of freak results.

From BBC ● May 18, 2026

Photo by Victoria Song / The Verge Pre-notch that status bar on the iPhone did some work.

From The Verge ● Sep. 8, 2022

It doesn’t help that it’s always been hard to read the status bar if you happen to use a light background.

From The Verge ● Aug. 8, 2022

Image by AndroidWorld For one, the redesign eliminates the status bar, which contains your phone’s battery life, cell reception, and time and instead places it in the bottom-right corner of the screen.

From The Verge ● Feb. 1, 2022

That is, devices should letterbox a notch when the phone is used in landscape or full-screen mode, and in portrait mode, the phone’s status bar should extend to the top of the notch.

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2018