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cascading windows
Last modified: Monday, September 01, 1997
An arrangement of windows such that they overlap one another. Typically, the title bar remains visible so that you can always see which windows are open. Cascading windows are also called overlaid windows. An alternative arrangement of windows, in which every window is completely visible, is called tiled windows.