Example
alert is the name of the method used in JavaScript to spawn an alert dialog. The argument to the method is the text to be displayed in the window.
A dialog created this way will contain a yellow triangle warning symbol (similar to those found on electrical devices), the text of the warning message, and a single button saying "OK" which will close the window.
Such a dialog also assumes control over the user interface, preventing the user from proceeding with any other task in the application until the dialog window is closed.
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