(1) A series of related inquiries and responses between a user and an application, similar to a conversation between two people.
(2) The recorded interaction between a user and the 3270 application that the user accesses. Users can record a dialog using the Record Dialog function in the 3270 terminal service recorder. A recorded dialog includes the keystrokes, inputs and outputs that move the user from one screen to another in the 3270 application.
(3) In AIXwindows, a two-way text interface between an application and its user. The interface takes the form of a collection of widgets and gadgets, including a DialogShell widget, a BulletinBoard widget (or a subclass of a BulletinBoard widget or some other container widget), plus various children, including Label, PushButton, and Text widgets.