thumb
<jargon>
The slider or "bubble" on a window system scrollbar. So called because moving it allows you to browse through the contents of a text window in a way analogous to thumbing through a book.
[Jargon File]Last updated: 1995-03-14
Nearby terms:
throughput ♦ thud ♦ Thumb ♦ thumb ♦ thumbnail ♦ Thunderbird ♦ thunk ♦ TIA
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