status bar

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.

status bar

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of status bar¹

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

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

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Apple finally added the battery percent indicator back to the status bar in the latest iOS 16 beta, and as my colleague Victoria Song wrote, it’s hideous.

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

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Apple released the iOS 16 beta 5 today and with it comes the long-awaited return of battery percentage to the status bar.

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Apple decided with the iPhone X that we didn’t need battery percentage in the status bar.

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