requester

English

Etymology

request +‎ -er; compare requestor, requestress.

Noun

requester (plural requesters)

  1. One who, or that which, makes a request.
  2. (graphical user interface) A dialog box that prompts the user to choose from a list.
    • 2005, Timothy Albee, ‎Steve Warner, ‎Robin Wood, Essential LightWave 3D: The Fastest Way to Master LightWave 3D (page 66)
      Clicking on Add True-Type brings up an OS-specific font requester. Highlighting a font and clicking OK returns you to the Edit Font List window, now with the selected font appearing in the Font pop-up menu.
    • 2007, Sulayman K. Sowe, ‎Ioannis G. Stamelos,‎ Ioannis Samoladas, Emerging Free and Open Source Software Practices (page 263)
      File requesters, help files, configuration utilities, and menus would all be different […]

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