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Username, Utility, Utility program, Window, Window Manager, Working directory, Workspace

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Glossary ID. Enter your user ID during the login procedure when the system displays the login prompt See also user account. Window Manager The HP CDE program that controls the size, placement, and operation of windows. Username The name that the system recognizes as uniquely yours. Also known as your "login name." The username is also the name that identifies you to the mail system and other software requiring secure entry. Utility See Utility program. Utility program A program provided with the operating system to perform a frequently required task, such as printing a file or displaying the contents of a directory See also Command, Shell command. W Window A rectangular area of the screen for viewing information. HP CDE allows you to create several types of windows on the screen. Each window is a separate computing environment in which you may execute programs, edit text, display graphical images, etc. See also Workspace Manager. Working directory See Current Working Directory. Workspace What the screen becomes when you start HP CDE. Although you can hide the workspace under terminal windows or other graphic objects, you can never position anything behind the workspace. All windows and graphic objects appear stacked "on top of" the workspace See also HP Common Desktop Environment, Terminal Window. Workspace Manager The program that controls the size, placement, and operation of windows on the HP CDE Workspace. The Workspace Manager is a special Window Manager See also Window Manager. Workstation A compact, graphics-oriented computer having high speed and high memory capacity. A workstation usually includes a keyboard, a monitor, and a system unit See also Node, Disked workstation, Diskless workstation. 206

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Glossary
ID. Enter your user ID during the
login procedure when the system
displays the login prompt
See
also user account.
Username
The name that the
system recognizes as uniquely
yours. Also known as your “login
name.” The username is also the
name that identifies you to the
mail system and other software
requiring secure entry.
Utility
See Utility program.
Utility program
A program
provided with the operating
system to perform a frequently
required task, such as printing a
file or displaying the contents of a
directory
See also Command,
Shell command.
W
Window
A rectangular area of the
screen for viewing information. HP
CDE allows you to create several
types of windows on the screen.
Each window is a separate
computing environment in which
you may execute programs, edit
text, display graphical images,
etc.
See also Workspace Manager.
Window Manager
The HP CDE
program that controls the size,
placement, and operation of
windows.
Working directory
See
Current Working Directory.
Workspace
What the screen
becomes when you start HP CDE.
Although you can hide the
workspace under terminal
windows or other graphic objects,
you can never position anything
behind the workspace. All windows
and graphic objects appear stacked
“on top of” the workspace
See
also HP Common Desktop
Environment, Terminal Window.
Workspace Manager
The
program that controls the size,
placement, and operation of
windows on the HP CDE
Workspace. The Workspace
Manager is a special Window
Manager
See also Window
Manager.
Workstation
A compact,
graphics-oriented computer having
high speed and high memory
capacity. A workstation usually
includes a keyboard, a monitor,
and a system unit
See also Node,
Disked workstation, Diskless
workstation.