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-<glossary id="glossary-1">
- <title>Glossary</title>
- <glossentry id="glossary-6">
- <glossterm>applet</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>An applet is a small, interactive application that resides
-within a panel, for example the <application>Volume Control</application>. Each
-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 GNOME Desktop 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 object</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <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-20">
- <glossterm>DNS name</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>A unique alphabetic identifier for a computer on a network.</para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
- <glossentry id="glossary-8">
- <glossterm>drawer</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>A drawer is a sliding extension to a panel that you can open
-or close from a drawer icon. </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
- <glossentry id="glossary-fileextension">
- <glossterm>file extension</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>The final portion of a file's name, after the last period (.) in the name. For example, the file extension of the file <filename>picture.jpeg</filename> is <filename>jpeg</filename>.</para>
- <para>The file extension can identify the type of a file. <application>Nautilus</application> file manager uses this information when to determine what to do when you open a file. For more on this, see <xref linkend="nautilus-open-file"/>.</para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
- <glossentry id="glossary-23">
- <glossterm>format</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>To format media is to prepare the media for use with a particular
-file system. When you format media, you overwrite any existing information
-on the media. </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
- <glossentry id="glossary-10">
- <glossterm>GNOME-compliant application</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>An application that uses the standard GNOME programming libraries
-is called a GNOME-compliant application. For example, <application>Nautilus</application> file manager and <application>gedit</application> text editor
-are GNOME-compliant applications.</para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
- <glossentry id="glossary-21">
- <glossterm>IP address</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>A unique numeric identifier for a computer on a network.</para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
- <glossentry id="glossary-25">
- <glossterm>keyboard shortcut</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>A <firstterm>keyboard shortcut</firstterm> is a key or combination
-of keys that provides an alternative to standard ways of performing an action. </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
- <glossentry id="glossary-3">
- <glossterm>launcher</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>A launcher starts a particular application, executes a command,
-or opens a file. A launcher can reside in a panel or in a menu.</para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
- <glossentry id="glossary-11">
- <glossterm>menubar</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>A menubar is a bar at the top of an application window that
-contains the menus for the application. </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
- <glossentry id="glossary-27">
- <glossterm>MIME type</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>A Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (MIME) type identifies
-the format of a file. The MIME type enables applications to read the file.
-For example, an email application can use the <literal>image/png</literal>
-MIME type to detect that a Portable Networks Graphic (PNG) file is attached
-to an email.</para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
- <glossentry id="glossary-24">
- <glossterm>mount</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>To mount is to make a file system available for access. When
-you mount a file system, the file system is attached as a subdirectory to
-your file system. </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
- <glossentry id="glossary-4">
- <glossterm>pane</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>A pane is a subdivision of a window. For example, the <application>Nautilus</application> window contains a side pane and a view pane. </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
- <glossentry id="glossary-2">
- <glossterm>preference tool</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>A dedicated software tool that controls a particular part
-of the behavior of the GNOME Desktop.</para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
- <glossentry id="glossary-5">
- <glossterm>shortcut keys</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>Shortcut keys are keystrokes that provide a quick way to perform
-an action. </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
- <glossentry id="glossary-15">
- <glossterm>stacking order</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>The stacking order is the order in which windows are stacked
-on top of each other on your screen. </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
- <glossentry id="glossary-13">
- <glossterm>statusbar</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>A statusbar is a bar at the bottom of a window that provides
-information about the current state of what you are viewing in the window. </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
- <glossentry id="glossary-28">
- <glossterm>symbolic link</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>A special type of file that points to another file or folder.
-When you perform an action on a symbolic link, the action is performed on
-the file or folder to which the symbolic link points. </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
- <glossentry id="glossary-12">
- <glossterm>toolbar</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>A toolbar is a bar that contains buttons for the most commonly-used
-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>
- <para>A Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is the address of a particular
-location on the Web.</para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
- <glossentry id="glossary-16">
- <glossterm>view</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>A <application>Nautilus</application> component that enables
-you to display a folder in a particular way. For example, <application>Nautilus</application> contains an icon view which enables you to display the contents
-of a folder as icons. <application>Nautilus</application> also contains a
-list view which enables you to display the contents of a folder as a list. </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
- <glossentry id="glossary-7">
- <glossterm>workspace</glossterm>
- <glossdef>
- <para>A workspace is a discrete area in the GNOME Desktop in which
-you can work. </para>
- </glossdef>
- </glossentry>
-</glossary>