nav

Website menu bar

Nav is informal for navigation or navigator, common in computing and web design contexts.

A nav bar or nav menu helps users move around a website or app.

In vehicles, nav refers to GPS navigation systems: The nav says to turn left in 500 feet.

Also appears in aviation for navigational equipment or personnel.

maritime

nautical

Of ships and sailing

  • compassDevice showing cardinal directions
  • sextantMaritime angular measurement device
  • chartData shown visually

mariner · sailor · pilot · helm · rudder · astrolabe · lighthouse · wayfinding · landmark · voyage

digital

menu

List of available dishes

tab · button · link · dropdown · hamburger · interface · click · scroll · pagination · sitemap

GPS

satellite

Orbiting celestial body

latitude · longitude · Galileo · geostationary · GIS · triangulation · mapping · turn-by-turn · recalculating · routing

exploration

Magellan

expedition · uncharted · frontier · pioneers · Endeavour · Polynesians · Vikings · astrolabe · chronometer · celestial

pathfinding

algorithm

Finite problem-solving procedure

  • heuristicPractical solving shortcut
  • graphVisual data display
  • nodeConnection point in networks

maze · routing · traversal · search · optimization · backtracking · grid · waypoint · obstacle · avoidance

abbreviation

navy

Maritime military force

  • navalOf maritime warfare
  • admiralSenior naval commander
  • fleetVehicles under unified command

vessel · ship · anchor · deck · port · starboard · keel · frigate · destroyer · submarine

Categories
Opposites
function in interface design

navcontent

What something contains

body · payload · destination · article · substance

purpose in information architecture

navcontent

What something contains

substance · data · information · material · end point

movement/orientation

navlost

Unable to navigate

disorientation · wandering · aimlessness · static · stationary

Phrases
Family

navigate, navigator, navigation, navigating, navigable, navigated, navigates, navigators

Familiarity
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G