HP Visualize J5000 hp Visualize J5000, J7000 workstations owner's guide (a4978 - Page 195

Dual Inline Memory Module, Directory, Disked workstation, Diskette, Double click, Drag and Drop, Drive

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Glossary box requests. To display an example of a dialog box, click the Style Manager button on the Workspace Manager's front panel, then click on Color. DIMM See Dual Inline Memory Module. Dual Inline Memory Module A memory board that contains memory chips on both sides. See also Single Inline Memory Module Directory A special type of "container" object that contains information about the objects beneath it in the HP-UX organizational structure. Basically, it is a file that stores names and links to files and other directories See also File. Disk A thin, round plate with a magnetic or optical surface coating on which data is stored by magnetic or optical means. See also floppy diskette, hard disk, CD-ROM disk. Disked workstation A workstation that has its own hard disk drive. See also diskless workstation, node, partner node, workstation. Diskette See Floppy diskette. Double click To press and release a mouse button twice in rapid succession. The amount of time that discriminates between a double click and two single clicks is usually user-configurable. Double clicking usually invokes a different, but related, function than single clicking. Drag and Drop To move the mouse (and hence the pointer on the screen) while holding down one or more of its buttons. This process specifies two separate locations on the screen for those operations that require two: the location when the mouse button is pressed, and the location when it is released. This is used, for example, to initiate a file-copy by pressing the mouse button on the file to be copied, dragging the file's icon to the destination window, and releasing the mouse button there. Another common using of dragging is to specify the upper-left and lower-right corners of a new window or similar rectangle See also Drop. Drive See CD-ROM drive, DDS tape drive, Floppy drive, Hard disk drive Drop To release the mouse button after having moved the mouse with 195

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Glossary
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box requests. To display an
example of a dialog box, click the
Style Manager button on the
Workspace Manager’s front panel,
then click on Color.
DIMM
See Dual Inline Memory
Module.
Dual Inline Memory Module
A
memory board that contains
memory chips on both sides.
See
also Single Inline Memory Module
Directory
A special type of
“container” object that contains
information about the objects
beneath it in the HP-UX
organizational structure. Basically,
it is a file that stores names and
links to files and other
directories
See also File.
Disk
A thin, round plate with a
magnetic or optical surface coating
on which data is stored by
magnetic or optical means. See
also floppy diskette, hard disk,
CD-ROM disk.
Disked workstation
A
workstation that has its own hard
disk drive. See also diskless
workstation, node, partner node,
workstation.
Diskette
See Floppy diskette.
Double click
To press and release
a mouse button twice in rapid
succession.
The amount of time
that discriminates between a
double click and two single clicks is
usually user-configurable.
Double
clicking usually invokes a
different, but related, function
than single clicking.
Drag and Drop
To move the
mouse (and hence the pointer on
the screen) while holding down one
or more of its buttons. This process
specifies two separate locations on
the screen for those operations
that require two: the location when
the mouse button is pressed, and
the location when it is released.
This is used, for example, to
initiate a file-copy by pressing the
mouse button on the file to be
copied, dragging the file’s icon to
the destination window, and
releasing the mouse button there.
Another common using of dragging
is to specify the upper-left and
lower-right corners of a new
window or similar rectangle
See
also Drop.
Drive
See CD-ROM drive, DDS
tape drive, Floppy drive, Hard disk
drive
Drop
To release the mouse button
after having moved the mouse with