What is a dashboard? Easily explained
In this practical tip, we explain what a dashboard is. The term often appears in connection with the Linux and Mac operating systems. In German, Dashboard means "dashboard". Read exactly what the term is all about in the following article.
Dashboard: meaning and explanation
A dashboard is the comprehensive term for graphical user interfaces in which you manage programs.
- In the dashboard under Mac you control settings and store widgets such as the calculator and the weather display. In another article, we'll tell you how to disable the dashboard on Mac OS X.
- The Google Dashboard shows you which data is connected to your GoogleMail account.
- You can use the user interfaces to configure software and manage it interactively. The dashboard usually reacts to your input.
- When you set up a website, the dashboard of WordPress or Joomla! as a content management system (CMS) to design the site and import content.
In another practical tip, we explain how to set up the dashboard in a sensible way on Mac OS.