Outside my window

Outside my window...
well 
outside the window I am currently looking out of  - because it's not actually my window
The window I'm currently looking out of 
belongs to someone else 
in that 
I don't own this particular window 
so it's not my window
not my window I'm looking out of
but I do own some windows along with my wife 
I don't mean that I own my wife
I mean my wife and I own some windows ourselves
they're in the house we have lived in for 26 years
but they're not the windows I'm currently looking out of
anyway...

(Sigh)...
if I don't own the windows I'm currently looking out of 
what are we saying when we say "Out of my window?"
What are we talking about when we say window?
There are many windows 
What window are we talking about?
Are we talking about an opening in a wall 
or roof 
or building 
or vehicle perhaps 
that is 
maybe something that has been fitted into this opening
perhaps made of glass 
or perspex 
something held in a frame 
to let light in
or air 
or to allow people to see out
or to see in?
what do we mean?
do we mean 
an opportunity to see or understand something 
usually something we can't see like
"a window to see in and understand the workings of the local council"
Can anyone ever see in or understand the actual workings of a local council?
Or are we talking
a period of unbooked time in a diary, schedule, or similar 
Like 
"I have a short window over lunch in which I could see you"?
or 
do you mean something like a weather window
"We'd better get a move on before this gorgeous weather window closes"?
a radio window is similar due to atmospheric or locational restrictions 
"we'd better wrap this up now before the radio window closes"?
Or do we mean 
"Microsoft Windows"?
or...
in computing 
the area of a display that may be manipulated 
separately from the rest of the display area on your screen 
you know
different files can be displayed simultaneously in different overlapping "windows"?

...and then when you say outside..?



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