An unseen character that marks the end of a line of text in a document. It tells a printer or screen to break a line and start a new one.

Any logical piece of data that has associated behavior. For example, in File Manager, files, folders, actions, and applications are all considered objects. Each type of object has specific associated actions. Typically, each object is represented as an icon.

A desktop mechanism used to associate particular data files with the appropriate applications and actions. Object typing defines the criteria for typing the file (such as name or contents), the appearance (the icon used in File Manager), and the behavior of the object (for example, what happens when you double-click it).

A choice that accepts the information in a window and closes it. If the window contains changed information, those changes are applied before the window is closed.

When you choose On Item from the Help menu, the cursor changes to a question mark and you can obtain information about a particular command, operation, dialog box, or control by clicking that object.

A Front Panel control used to access item help information on the Front Panel.

To replace.

To advance text displayed in a window by one full screen at a time, usually using a scroll bar.

A range of graphically displayed choices, such as colors or collections of tools, that you can select in an application.

A directory that contains subdirectories and files. In graphical user interface applications, this may be called the parent folder.

A folder that contains subfolders and files. When discussing command-line activities, this may be called the parent directory.

A sequence of characters that users type to prove their identity to the system.

A text string that specifies the hierarchical location of a folder (directory).

To temporarily suspend a process without ending it.

A setting that determines how users or groups of users may access a file or folder (directory).

An image stored in a raster format. Usually refers to an image that may have more than two colors. Contrast with bitmap.

To move the mouse until the pointer rests on a particular screen element or area.

A cursor that shows the area that receives input from a pointing device. The pointer can take the form of an arrow, an I-beam, a cross, or other graphic. Also see cursor.

A menu that, when requested, is displayed next to the object with which it is associated. Pop-up menus are usually displayed by clicking mouse button 3 or pressing Shift+F10.

A software application that shows all the printers on your system.

A host computer to which one or more printers are connected, or the UNIX process that manages those printers.

The Front Panel control used to start the Printer software application. Dropping a file on the control displays a dialog box you can use to print the file to the default printer.

A software application that provides information about jobs on a single printer.

A sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute.

A menu item used to set characteristics of an item, such as its date or name, or display identifying characteristics of an item, such as typefaces.