from
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
digital dashboard
<software> A personalised desktop {portal} that focuses on
{business intelligence} and {knowledge management}.
{Microsoft}'s version has a launch screen including stock
quotes, voice mail and e-mail messages, a calendar, a weather
forecast, traffic information, access to news feeds, customer
and sales data, and Internet conferences. A digital dashboard
might previously have been thought of as an executive
information system. In the future, digital dashboards could
be available on {personal digital assistants} and cellular
phones.
["Gates pitches 'digital dashboards' to bevy of top CEOs", Bob
Trott, pub. InfoWorld Electric, 1999-05-19].
(1999-09-14)