ETYM French cascade, from Italian cascata, from cascare to fall.
A fall of water over a precipice, as in a river or brook; a waterfall smaller than a cataract.

1. City in Idaho (USA).
2. City in Iowa (USA); zip code 52033.
3. Town in Montana (USA); zip code 59421.
4. Village in Wisconsin (USA); zip code 53011.

1. Additional elements displayed by a menu item or list box from which the user can choose in order to interact with other screen elements. See the illustration.
2. In newsgroup articles, the accumulation of quotation marks (often angle brackets) added by newsgroup readers each time an article is replied to. Most newsgroup readers will copy the original article in the body of the reply; after several replies, the original material will have several quotation marks. See also article, newsgroup, newsreader.

1. To arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible.
2. To rush down in big quantities, like a cascade; SYN. cascade down.