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Serif is a small line attached to the end of a stroke in a letter or symbol. A typeface with
serifs is called a serif typeface (or serifed typeface). A typeface without serifs is called sans
serif or sans serif, from the French sans, meaning "without". Some typography sources refer to
sans-serif typefaces as "Grotesque" (in German grotesk") or "Gothic", and serif typefaces as
Roman.

In typography and lettering, a sans-serif, sans serif, gothic, or simply sans letterform is one
that does not have extending features called "serifs" at the end of strokes.[1] Sans-serif fonts tend
to have less line width variation than serif fonts. In most print, they are often used for headings
rather than for body text.[2] They are often used convey simplicity and modernity or
minimalism.

Sans-serif fonts have become the most prevalent for display of text on computer screens. On
lower-resolution digital displays, fine details like serifs may disappear or appear too large. The
term comes from the French word sans, meaning "without" and "serif" of uncertain origin,
possibly from the Dutch word schreef meaning "line" or pen-stroke.

Before the term "sans-serif" became common in English typography, a number of other terms
had been used. One of these outmoded terms for sans serif was gothic, which is still used in East
Asian typography and sometimes seen in font names like Century Gothic, Highway Gothic, or
Trade Gothic.

Sans-serif fonts are sometimes, especially in older documents, used as a device for emphasis, due
to their typically blacker type color
 In computing, a window is a graphical control element. It consists of a visual area containing
some of the graphical user interface of the program it belongs to and is framed by a window
decoration. It usually has a rectangular shape that can overlap with the area of other windows. It
displays the output of and may allow input to one or more processes.

Windows are primarily associated with graphical displays, where they can be manipulated with a
pointer by employing some kind of pointing device. Text-only displays can also support
windowing, as a way to maintain multiple independent display areas, such as multiple buffers in
Emacs. Text windows are usually controlled by keyboard, though some also respond to the
mouse.

A graphical user interface (GUI) using windows as one of its main "metaphors" is called a
windowing system, whose main components are the display server and the window manager.

Orphaned technology is a descriptive term for computer products, programs, and platforms that
have been abandoned by their original developers. Orphaned technology refers to software, such
as abandonware and antique software, but also to computer hardware and practices. In computer
software standards and documentation, deprecation is the gradual phasing-out of a software or
programming language feature, while orphaning usually connotes a sudden discontinuation,
usually for business-related reasons, of a product with an active user base.

For users of technologies that have been withdrawn from the market, there is a choice between
maintaining their software support environments in some form of emulation, or switching to
other supported products, possibly losing capabilities unique to their original solution.