A scrollbar is an object in a graphical user interface (GUI) with which continuous text, pictures or anything else can be scrolled
A scrollbar is an object in a graphical user interface (GUI) with which continuous text, pictures or anything else can be scrolled including time in video applications, i.e., viewed even if it does not fit into the space in a computer display, window, or viewport. It was also known as a handle in the very first GUIs.
Questions having the scrollbar tag regards the User Experience and Design of scrollbars.
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrollbar
