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diff --git a/gnome2-user-guide/C/glossary.xml b/gnome2-user-guide/C/glossary.xml index 9ca9573..dcd445b 100644 --- a/gnome2-user-guide/C/glossary.xml +++ b/gnome2-user-guide/C/glossary.xml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <glossary id="glossary-1"> - <title>User Guide Glossary</title> + <title>Glossary</title> <glossentry id="glossary-6"> <glossterm>applet</glossterm> <glossdef> @@ -9,13 +9,33 @@ applet has a simple user interface that you can operate with the mouse or keyboard. </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> + <glossentry id="glossary-40"> + <glossterm>desktop</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>The part of the desktop environment where there are no interface +graphical items, such as panels and windows.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + <glossentry id="glossary-31"> + <glossterm>desktop background</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>The image or color that is applied to your desktop. </para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> <glossentry id="glossary-9"> - <glossterm>desktop background object</glossterm> + <glossterm>desktop object</glossterm> <glossdef> - <para>An icon on your desktop background that you can use to open -your files, folders, and applications. You can use desktop background objects -to provide convenient access to files, folders, and applications that you -use frequently.</para> + <para>An icon on your desktop that you can use to open your files, +folders, and applications. You can use desktop objects to provide convenient +access to files, folders, and applications that you use frequently.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + <glossentry id="glossary-30"> + <glossterm>desktop environment</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>A windows-based environment for users. The desktop environment +is the sum of all the parts of your working environment. The desktop environment +includes all of your panels and windows, the desktop, and all of your workspaces. </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry id="glossary-20"> @@ -46,20 +66,6 @@ on the media. </para> is called a GNOME-compliant application. For example, <application>Nautilus</application> and <application>gedit</application> are GNOME-compliant applications.</para> </glossdef> </glossentry> - <glossentry id="glossary-26"> - <glossterm>hot key</glossterm> - <glossdef> - <para>Hot keys are keyboard shortcuts that start applications. </para> - </glossdef> - </glossentry> - <glossentry id="glossary-18"> - <glossterm>inode</glossterm> - <glossdef> - <para>A data structure that contains information about individual -files in UNIX file systems. Each file has one inode. An inode contains the -node, type, owner, and location of a file. </para> - </glossdef> - </glossentry> <glossentry id="glossary-21"> <glossterm>IP address</glossterm> <glossdef> @@ -115,7 +121,7 @@ subdirectory to your file system. </para> <glossterm>preference tool</glossterm> <glossdef> <para>A dedicated software tool that controls a particular part -of the behavior of the desktop.</para> +of the behavior of the desktop environment.</para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry id="glossary-5"> @@ -125,13 +131,6 @@ of the behavior of the desktop.</para> an action. </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> - <glossentry id="glossary-22"> - <glossterm>slice</glossterm> - <glossdef> - <para>A partition of a disk. You can create slices on your Zip and -Jaz media. An object for each slice appears on the desktop background.</para> - </glossdef> - </glossentry> <glossentry id="glossary-15"> <glossterm>stacking order</glossterm> <glossdef> @@ -161,6 +160,14 @@ the file or folder to which the symbolic link points. </para> commands in an application. Typically, a toolbar appears under a menubar.</para> </glossdef> </glossentry> + <glossentry id="glossary-29"> + <glossterm>Uniform Resource Identifier</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>A Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) is a string that identifies +a particular location in a file system or on the Web. For example, the address +of a web page is a URI.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> <glossentry id="glossary-19"> <glossterm>Uniform Resource Locator</glossterm> <glossdef> @@ -189,8 +196,8 @@ A viewer component might also enable you to use the <application>Nautilus</appli <glossentry id="glossary-7"> <glossterm>workspace</glossterm> <glossdef> - <para>A workspace is a discrete area on the desktop in which you -can work. </para> + <para>A workspace is a discrete area in the desktop environment +in which you can work. </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> </glossary> |