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a flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces

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a thin flat slab of fired clay used for roofing

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roofing tile

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game equipment consisting of a flat thin piece marked with characters and used in board games like Mah-Jong, Scrabble, etc

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cover with tiles

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The use of the tile-based interface across desktops, laptops, Ultrabooks, tablets, and smartphones means that once you have mastered the interface on one platform, you should be able to navigate the system on all platforms.

Window 8: jump or wait? Microsoft's new operating system is touch and go

Any developer can now submit applications for inclusion in the store, which will feature free and fee-based applications delivered via a variety of methods.Windows Store applicationsmake use of the new tile-based interface in Windows 8 and Windows RT, which formerly was called Metro and is now referred to as Modern.

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