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diff --git a/trunk/gnome2-user-guide/C/glossary.xml b/trunk/gnome2-user-guide/C/glossary.xml deleted file mode 100644 index acfc829..0000000 --- a/trunk/gnome2-user-guide/C/glossary.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,194 +0,0 @@ -<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>CD Player</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> |