dashboard

Wikipedia

The dashboard of a modern car.

English

Etymology

Probably from dash (“to sprinkle; to splatter”) +‎ board.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈdæʃˌbɔː(ɹ)d/, SAMPA: /"d{S%bO:(r\)d/

Noun

dashboard (plural dashboards)

1. An upturned screen of wood or leather placed on the front of a horse-drawn carriage, sleigh or other vehicle that protected the driver from mud, debris, water and snow thrown up by the horse's hooves.
2. A panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft, containing indicator dials, compartments, and sometimes controls.
3. (computing, video games) A graphical user interface in the form of or resembling a motor car dashboard.

Derived terms

• dash

Translations

upturned screen of wood

panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft

Bulgarian: арматурно табло (bg) Czech: palubní deska (cs) f. Dutch: dashboard (nl), instrumentenpaneel (nl) Finnish: kojelauta (fi) French: tableau de bord (fr) German: Armaturenbrett (de) n. Hungarian: műszerfal (hu)

Italian: cruscotto (it) m. Polish: deska rozdzielcza (pl) f. Portuguese: painel (pt) m., painel de bordo (pt) m. Russian: торпедо (ru), приборная панель (ru) Spanish: tablero de instrumentos (es), salpicadero (es) m. Swedish: instrumentbräda (sv) c.

graphical user interface

Verb

dashboard (third-person singular simple present dashboards, present participle dashboarding, simple past and past participle dashboarded)

1. To organize in a dashboard format.

   Dashboarding your work can enhance productivity.

Translations

to organize in a dashboard format