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Glossary combination used as a shorthand way of specifying commands. To enter a control key sequence, you hold down the control key while pressing another key. cpu See Central Processing Unit. CRX color graphics Expanded graphics capability offering 24-plane color, 24-plane Z-buffered color, or 48-plane Z-buffered color capability. current directory See current working directory. current session The work and processes that have been created since you logged into the system (and before you log out again). See also session. current working directory The directory in which a relative path name search begins, as well as the directory in which you are currently working. It is also called the working directory or current directory. cursor The small blinking box displayed in whatever screen is active at a particular time. The cursor marks your current typing position on the screen and indicates which program (HP VUE terminal window or shell) will receive your commands. daisy-chaining A method of connecting devices where the signal passes from one device to the next in serial fashion along a bus. settes. default Most commands give you a choice of one or more options. If you don't specify an option, the command automatically assigns one. This automatic option is called the default. See also command option. dialog box A special type of HP VUE screen that is called by the user from a window. Dialog boxes contain controls and settings. To display an example of a dialog box, click the Style Manager button on the Workspace, then click on Color. directory A special type of 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 surface coating on which data is stored by magnetic recording. See also floppy diskette, hard disk, CD-ROM disc. disked workstation A workstation that has its own hard disk drive. See also diskless workstation, node, partner node, workstation. diskette See floppy diskette. diskless booting Loading the operating system into local memory from the disk of a partner workstation. DDS tape drive A device that stores diskless workstation A workstation data on Digital Data Storage (DDS) cas- that has no disk. A diskless workstation 229