inactivE window. UsEd in Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=talk">talk systEms to mEan that that pErson will not bE taking part in thE convErsation for a whilE. ThE sadly mispEllEd altErnativE, "unactivE window" (UAW) has also bEEn rEportEd. (1994-12-05)