The word loom is derived from the Old English geloma formed from ge-(perfective prefix) and loma, a root of unknown origin; this meant utensil or tool or machine of any kind. In 1404 it was used to mean a machine to enable weaving thread into cloth.
If you click on the Home icon, the following will happen: QuickBooks will send a signal to your GPS with directions back to your house; It will take you to the homepage of your favorite website, such as google.com; It will close the company file and take you to the initial Open Company File menu; It will show the Home Screen with all the workflow icons and keep the other windows open in the background
You can configure Chrome with a home page button, (via the Options menu), and if you set clicking the middle mouse button to open in a new tab, you can middle click that icon for opening your homepage in the new tab. You can similarly one-click any bookmark on the bookmark bar to put it in a new tab.