A graphic element taken from comic books that is widely used to convey messages in all forms of publications, including websites. The balloon is a bubble filled with text that points to a person ...

IMTIAZ DHARKER:Sometimes you hear a phrase again and again and it makes a kind of a rhythm that sticks in your head. That's what happened to me when I heard the same phrase on television and in ...

On-screen help that is displayed when the mouse is moved over an icon, file name or other object (and not clicked). The word balloon in the term name comes from cartoon-style dialogs, but most ...