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A window is a mechanism for displaying part of a buffer on some physical device. A window is a way to view a buffer but is not synonymous with one; a buffer may be viewed in any number of windows. A window may have a modeline which is a line of text displayed across the bottom of a window to indicate status information, typically related to the buffer displayed.