window manager

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window manager - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  window manager
  
     <operating system> A part of a window system which arranges
     windows on a screen.  It is responsible for moving and
     resizing windows, and other such functions common to all
     applications.
  
     Examples from the X Window System are twm, gwm, olwm.
  
     (1994-12-06)