whiteboardn.
/ˈwʌɪtbɔːd/, U.S. /ˈ(h)waɪtˌbɔrd/ 1. A large board with a white surface for writing or drawing on, used esp. as a teaching aid in classrooms. Cf. blackboard n.
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society > communication > writing > writing materials > material to write on > board > [noun]
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1883 Science 16 Feb. 54/1 Many teachers and oculists advocate the substitution of white-boards for black-boards.
1948 H. W. Gilbertson Educ. Exhib. 24/2 ‘Whiteboards’, similar to blackboards, are available on which to write with black crayon.
1966 ‘W. Cooper’ Mem. New Man ii. v. 160 [He] went to the blackboard. (Actually it was an up-to-date plastic white-board, on which one wrote with a coloured wax crayon.)
1985 Times Educ. Suppl. 19 July 20/5 Partially-sighted pupils often fare better if a white-board is used rather than a blackboard.
2014 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 27 Jan. b6 The process..starts by gathering everyone around a flip chart or whiteboard and wiping your mental slate clean.
2. Computing (a) an electronic screen or board capable of transmitting what is written or drawn on it to a peripheral device, such as a printer or monitor; (in later use) spec. a large, touch-sensitive screen upon which the display from a computer can be projected and interacted with, used esp. as a teaching aid; more fully electronic whiteboard, interactive whiteboard; (b) a feature of web conferencing software consisting of a window which displays notes and diagrams added by participating users, typically used for collaborative projects, virtual meetings, etc.; (also) the window itself.
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1984 Engin. Materials & Design July 50/2 Developed from the original Copyboard, Muirhead's new mobile electronic whiteboard uses ‘fax’ technology to produce printed A4 copies of whatever is written on its..wipe-clean screen.
1990 Achievement Sept. (Meeting in London Suppl.) p. xii/1 An electronic whiteboard..allows a speaker to draw, in any one of four colours, on to a touch sensitive board, and the images can then be transmitted live down telephone line to meeting participants equipped with a TV monitor.
1993 Macworld Dec. 149/1 Once you're all online, Meeting Space provides tools for managing who has the floor, a text window and a whiteboard that all participants can share, and a way to shoot graphics over the network to make presentations.
2002 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 3 Mar. xvii. 7/1 Using a computer and projector, a professor can write on the whiteboard with a marker or stylus, and the writing gets captured by the computer.
2010 N.Y. Times Mag. 19 Sept. 56/1 The laptop was connected to a wall-mounted interactive whiteboard, giving the students who were sprawled on the floor in front of it an excellent view of his computer screen.
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ˈwhiteboarding n. the action or process of using a whiteboard, esp. as a means of collaborating with others.
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1992 Ottawa Citizen 10 Apr. c9/3 There is so much idea-sharing, talking, ‘white-boarding’, brainstorming.
2006 C. Anderson Long Tail p. x I did much of my later-stage brainstorming and whiteboarding with my crack writing assistant.
2012 D. E. Y. Sarna & V. Richie Evernote for Dummies xxiii. 317 At your next collaborative effort, whether it involves storyboarding or whiteboarding, bring Evernote to record ideas.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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