Tooltip wiki:
[ooltip is a common graphical user interface element. It is used in conjunction with a cursor, usually a mouse pointer. The user hovers the cursor over an item, without clicking it, and a small box appears with a name or description of the item being hovered over. A common variant, especially in older software, is displaying a description of the tool in a status bar, but such descriptions are not usually called tooltips.
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