Appendix C Glossary
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OPERATION INSTRUCTIONS
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Appendix C Glossary
A
AOTF
AOTF represents Acoustic Optical Tunable Filter.
AOTF is the sound optical element having optical
anisotropy. When a sound wave is spread in the
element, the element behaves as a phase grid and
only the light of the wavelength corresponding to the
wavelength of a sound wave is diffracted in the
specific direction. Therefore, it is possible to control
selection of laser wavelength and adjustment of
laser intensity at high speed.
Active
Status of being selected or executable. An active
window can be distinguished from other windows by
the color of the title bar.
Application
Same as “software”. Among software, refers to the
software used directly by the users.
B
Backlash
The quantity of play (or loosening between gear
teeth and part) which is produced when the stage is
moved up or down by the Z-motor.
Button
¤Command button.
C
Check box
A small square which can be either checked with U
or cleared. The check box indicate an item which
can be enabled or disabled. The item is enabled
when it is checked with X.
Clear
Action of removing check mark U from a check box
to disable the item. To clear a check box checked
with U, click the check box.
Click
Action of pressing then releasing the button of the
mouse.
Clipboard
The place which relays data when an operation such
as “Copy”, “Cut” and “Paste” is executed.
Command button
A figure in the shape of button in the window.
Clicking a command button with the mouse allows
the function indicated on the button to be executed.
Confocal
Signifies the possibility of obtaining data on the plane
where the irradiated laser beam is focused.
Contrast
Variation (change) between the brightest and
darkest areas in an image.
Control menu
The menu displayed when the control menu box at
the left end of the title bar of a window is clicked.
When the window is minimized, the control menu
can be displayed by clicking the icon. The control
menu contains commands for controlling the
window.
Control menu box
The square button at the left end of the title bar of a
window. Clicking this box opens the control menu.
Copy
Action of placing selected data in the clipboard so
that the data can be placed in other place later.
Cursor
Blinking | which indicates the area where a character
can be input. When a keyboard key is pressed, the
character is entered in the position of the cursor.
D
Dialog box
Some functions require fine settings so that they can
be executed, and some functions require the
confirmation of settings before being executed. The
dialog box is a sub-window displayed in such cases.
Directory
Hierarchical classification of the space inside a disk
so that the files can be arranged in a significant
manner according to their categories.
Disk drive
The storage device storing the files. Some disk
drives such as the hard disk drive and floppy disk
drive are capable of both input and output, and some
such as the CD-ROM drive is designed for read only.
Dot
¤Pixel.
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