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GL-12 HP Visual User Environment A user interface that draws a graphical layer over the complexities of the other layers of the system (the hardware, operating system, and X Window system), enabling you to control your workstation by directly manipulating graphical objects instead of by typing commands at a command-line prompt. HP VUE See HP Visual User Environment. icon A small, graphic representation of an object. Objects can be "iconized" (turned into icons) to clear a cluttered workspace. Icons can be restored to their original appearance when needed. Whatever processes are executing in an object continue to execute when the object is iconized. iconify See iconize. iconize To turn a window or shell into an icon. See also icon. Initial System Loader The program that actually controls the loading of the operating system. input device Any of several pieces of hardware equipment used to give information to a system. Examples are the keyboard and the mouse. See also output device.