dashboard

[dash-bawrd, -bohrd] /ˈdæʃˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd/
noun
1.
(in an automobile or similar vehicle) a panel beneath the front window having various gauges and accessories for the use of the driver; instrument panel.
2.
Computers.
  1. a user interface or Web page that gives a current summary, usually in graphic, easy-to-read form, of key information relating to progress and performance, especially of a business or website: Our managers use an interactive dashboard to monitor employee data. The project dashboard shows all tasks assigned to your team.
    Test scores are posted on the school dashboard.
  2. a Web page or portal that provides links to key information and useful tools on a website: You can see financial reports with just one click from the dashboard.
    Use the dashboard link to add a location to your blog post.
3.
a board or panel at the front of an open carriage or the like to protect the occupants from mud or dirt cast up by the hoofs of the animals drawing the vehicle.
Origin
1840-50; dash1 + board
Examples from the web for dashboard
  • No one wants to have a car dashboard malfunction because of an inferior part that cost only a few pence.
  • It features a car, the dashboard of which is one large, high-resolution display.
  • Your face gets messed up due to hitting the dashboard, worse than had the air bags deployed.
  • The fact that your dome light is on, and aimed at your dashboard, doesn't affect your speed north.
  • The caregiver logs onto an online dashboard to see what has been happening inside the senior's home, and when.
  • If you get perplexed by that pesky check- engine light that pops up on your dashboard, help has arrived.
  • There are some extras such as flight status and local search and the device comes with a charging dashboard and window mount.
  • Early automobiles often included a buggy-whip holder on the dashboard-a useless fillip that designers couldn't bear to part with.
  • dashboard switches are supposed to allow more wheel spin before engine depowering begins, which should help.
  • We really don't need a fancy dashboard with the fancy gadgets.
British Dictionary definitions for dashboard

dashboard

/ˈdæʃˌbɔːd/
noun
1.
Also called (Brit) fascia. the instrument panel in a car, boat, or aircraft Sometimes shortened to dash
2.
(obsolete) a board at the side of a carriage or boat to protect against splashing
3.
(commerce) a document presenting the most significant information about a subject on a single page
Word Origin and History for dashboard
n.

1846, from dash (v.) + board (n.1); "board in front of a carriage to stop mud from being splashed ("dashed") into the vehicle by the horse's hoofs." Of motor vehicles, from 1904.