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modal dialog comparison table

Subject	avoid	limit	has definition	prevent	is a synonym of	is a kind of
dialog			A specific window with which a user can interact, but which is not the main UI window		dialog box	window
modal dialog	because it forces the user to constantly press 'OK' or 'Cancel' to move on to the next step	the user's options	A dialog that the user must dismiss before interacting with any other window	the user from interacting with any other window until he or she has dismissed the modal dialog		dialog

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