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DASHB-ord/ˈdæʃbɔːd/

A dashboard is the panel of instruments in a vehicle; also a computer screen that summarises data: the dashboard display; a data dashboard. Instrument panel is a close twin; fascia is a British car-body twin. Read the speed from the dashboard in the driving source. Mix-up: dashboard vs dashboard as a brand; dash (a run or a punctuation mark); do not write dashboard for a slogan “control centre” with no named metric.

Meaning

The panel of instruments in a vehicle; also a computer screen that summarises data.

Examples

• “Read the speed from the dashboard in the driving source; a data dashboard still needs the named metric.”
• “The data dashboard in the public-health brief still needs the n and the date, which is the summary-screen sense.”

Good to know

the car dashboard; a data dashboard; dashboard display. Close: instrument panel / fascia. Trap: dash. DT, computing, and citizenship. A vehicle instrument panel, or a data summary screen — name the reading.

Near in meaning

instrument panel, fascia, console

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