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skin

noun (COMPUTER)
 
 
/skɪn/

Definition

[C] specialized the part of a computer program that you can change in order to make pictures, designs, colours, etc. look different on a screen: Many electronic devices let you create your own skins.Computer concepts -skin
 
 
/-skɪn/ suffix
I've got an old sheepskin coat.The skin, hair and bone of non-human animals
-skinned /-d/ suffix pale-skinnedThe skin, hair and bone of non-human animalsFruits and seeds and their partsThe skin, and skin colour
(Definition of skin noun (COMPUTER) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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