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menu (ˈmɛnjuː, ‖ məny) [F. menu adj., small (:—L. minūtus minute a.), used as n. with the sense of detail, details collectively, detailed list.] †1. Short for F. menu peuple: the common people. Obs. rare—1.
1658Osborn Adv. Son (1673) 2 The Sons of the Menu lying so long under this lazie course. Ibid. 190 Which..may better become the Gentry, than the Sons of the Menu. 2. A detailed list of the dishes to be served at a banquet or meal; a bill of fare. Also, the viands so served. menu card, the card upon which a menu is written.
1837C'tess Blessington in Heath's Bk. Beauty 198 Did you not examine the menu? 1849Thackeray Pendennis xxii, It was a grand sight to behold him in his dressing-gown composing a menu. 1881C. C. Harrison Woman's Handiwork ii. 124 A menu card, with gilded edge and lettering. 1883F. M. Crawford Dr. Claudius (1892) 38 He was thinking out a menu for dinner. 1896W. Black in Harper's Mag. Apr. 746/2 The long tables..with..their glossy menu-cards, and their floral decorations. transf.1889Pall Mall G. 4 Nov. 3/1 To gain this they must qualify in Latin, Greek, Mathematics, Natural Philosophy, Logic,..[etc.]—a pretty good menu. 1922Joyce Ulysses 161 Maul her a bit. Then the next thing on the menu. 1940H. G. Wells Babes in Darkling Wood ii. iii. 206 All the intelligent ones feel baffled at the menu of these degree courses. 1974Some Technical Terms & Slang (Granada Television), Menu, a list of items read out at the start of a magazine programme. 3. Computing. A computer-generated list of options, usu. displayed on a screen, any of which can be conveniently selected and entered into the computer; spec. such a list of available commands or facilities.
1967Proc. IEEE LV. 1551/2 Software function buttons, displayed on the CRT as a ‘menu’ of commands available to the user. 1971Computers & Humanities VI. 104 The musical symbols at the top of the workscope are the ‘menu’. 1977Sci. Amer. Aug. 50/1 A simple menu helps you enter your data parameters on the keyboard, after which a single keystroke plots the data instantly. 1982Which Computer? June 48/1 The operator can re-configure the operating parameters. This is done by a yes/no key located on the enclosure and a menu printed out on paper. 1984J. Hilton Choosing & using your Home Computer 125/2 The button is pressed once to select an ‘icon’ (or symbol) from a screen menu, and twice to open out that particular application. 1986Keyboard Player Apr. 3/3 The sophisticated edit facilities allow complicated musical forms to be created..with the aid of on-screen menus. 4. Special Comb.: menu-driven a., (of a program or computer) used by making selections from menus.
1979Proc. 12th Hawaii Internat. Conf. System Sciences I. 158 A particular menu driven user interface is presented as an example of a successful interface. 1984Austral. Micro Computerworld Feb. 13/2 The PCjr is menu-driven, using icons to identify the programs available. |