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Glossary
Glossary
absolute path
name
The
name
of
a
le
whic
h
lists
all
the
directories
leading
to
it,
starting
with
ro
ot (\/")
and ending
with
the
le
base
name
itself.
If
the
path
name
indicates
a
dir
e
ctory ,
leav
ethe
trailing slash.
F
or
example,
/users/jth/
.
access
p
ermissions
File
name
c
haracteristics
(including
r
e
ad,
write
,
and
exe
cute
)
whic
h
determine
whether a
pro
cess
can
p
erform
a
requested
op
eration
on
the
le
(suc
h
as
op
ening
a
le
for
writing). Access
p
ermissions
can
b
e
c
hanged
b
y
a
chmo
d
(1)
command.
activate
In
SAM
or
HP
VUE,
to
cause
a graphical
control,
suc
h
as
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
OK
to
tak
e
eect
b
y
clic
king
the mouse
while the
p
oin
ter
is
o
v
er
that
con
trol,
or,
on
a
c
haracter
terminal,
b
y
illuminating
the
con
trol
(using
arro
w
keys,
etc.) and
pressing
4
Return
5
.
active
window
The
windo
w
in whic
hk
eyboard
input app
ears.
Only
one
windo
w
can
b
e
activ
e
at
a
time.
The
activ
e
windo
w
is
said
to ha
ve
the k
eyb
oard
fo
cus.
application
A program
used to p erform a particular task, usually in
teractively,suc
has
computer-aided design, text editing, or accoun
ting.
argument
The part of a command line whic
hiden
ties what (le,
directory, etc.) is to
be
acted upon.
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