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by TotempaaltJ 1273 days ago
From Wikipedia:

> The dialog box (also called dialogue box (non-U.S. English), ...

This is a British government website, so "dialogue box" might not be uncommon.
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tom_ 1273 days ago
I don't think I've ever seen anybody call it a "dialogue box". Feels like at this point, along with "disk", "dialog" is a separate word with a separate (but not unrelated) meaning.
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KineticLensman 1273 days ago
As a Brit, I would never use 'dialogue box' (and don't recall ever seeing it)

Some of us distinguish between program (software) and programme (a collection of projects)

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