Glossary
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double-click
To press and release a mouse button twice, very rapidly.
drag
To press and hold down a mouse button, and then move the mouse. This drags the cursor
to move icons or to highlight menu items.
drive
A hardware device that lets you access information on various forms of media, such as a
hard disk, floppy disk, CD-ROM, and magnetic tape.
drive address
See SCSI address.
external device
Any piece of hardware that is attached to the workstation with a cable.
export
To use NFS software to make all or part of your filesystem available to other users and
systems on the network.
female connector
A connector that has indentations or holes into which you plug a male connector. An
example of a female connector is an electrical wall outlet that accepts an electrical plug.
field
An area in a window in which you can type text.
file
A container in which you store information such as text, programs, or images that you
create using an application.
filesystem
A hierarchy of directories and files. Directories contain other directories and files; files
cannot contain directories. The root (/) directory is at the top of the hierarchy.
form
A window that contains buttons that you click and/or fields into which you enter
information.
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