Eli5: what are the black dots around the edge of a car window? What are they called and what do they do?

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Eli5: what are the black dots around the edge of a car window? What are they called and what do they do?

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Answer 1

They are from manufacturing of the window, for even heat distribution there to prevent the window from warping when it is “baked” also they are in the closer to further apart patter mainly to be more aesthetically pleasing after the process, as after that they are very hard or impossible to remove. Also all of that black, dots included hides glue that bonds adhesive to glass to frame.
The term for these dots are “frits”