meaning of banner
1. A kind of flag attached to a spear or pike by a crosspiece, and used by a chief as his standard in battle.
2. A large piece of silk or other cloth, with a device or motto, extended on a crosspiece, and borne in a procession, or suspended in some conspicuous place.
3. Any flag or standard; as, the star-spangled banner.
4. banner 1. The title page added to printouts by most print spoolers. Typically includes user or account ID information in very large character-graphics capitals. Also called a "burst page", because it indicates where to burst tear apart fanfold paper to separate one users printout from the next. 2. A similar printout generated typically on multiple pages of fan-fold paper from user-specified text, e. g. by a program such as Unixs "banner". 3. splash screen. [Jargon File]
Related Words
banner | bannered | banneret | bannerol |
