About box

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

So called because traditionally accessed through a menu item labelled Help > About this program or similar.

Noun[edit]

About box (plural About boxes)

  1. (computing) A window displaying information about an application, such as its version number and copyright or other licence.

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