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Glossary can use the disk of its partner workstation or other workstations. If necessary, it can also use the computational services of the partner workstation or other workstations. A diskless workstation boots from its partner workstation. See also disked workstation, node, partner node, workstation. double click To press and release a mouse button twice in rapid succession. drag To press and hold down a mouse button while moving the mouse (and the pointer on the screen). See also drop. default search paths. See also environment. ETHERNET The LAN developed jointly by Digital Equipment Corporation, Intel, and Xerox Corporation, upon which the IEEE 802.3 network is based. fast, differential SCSI An 8-bit wide bus with high-power receivers and drivers, which allows a cable length of up to 25 meters and a speed of up to 10 MB per second. See also fast-wide SCSI, singleended standard SCSI, Small Computer System Interface. drive See CD-ROM drive, DDS tape drive, floppy drive, hard disk drive. drop To release an icon that has been "dragged" to a new position. See also drag. EISA (Extended Industry Standard Architecture) An industry standard bus architecture based on and compatible with that used by IBM in their AT series computers. environment The conditions under which your commands are executed. These conditions include your workstation characteristics, home directory, and default search paths. See also environment variables. environment variables The set of defined shell variables (some of which are PATH, TERM, SHELL, EXINIT, HOME) that define the conditions under which your commands are executed. These conditions include your workstation characteristics, home directory, and fast-wide SCSI A 16-bit wide bus with high-power receivers and drivers, which allows a cable length of up to 25 meters and a speed of up to 20 MB per second. See also fast, differential SCSI, singleended standard SCSI, Small Computer System Interface. file The basic named unit of data stored on disk. See also directory, filename. file access permissions The access rights given to a particular file or directory. Every file and directory has a set of access permissions, a code that determines whether a process can perform a requested operation on the file (such as opening the file or writing to it). See also access permissions. File Manager The HP VUE application that allows you to manage your files and directories, and to set viewing preferences. filename The name given to a particular file. See also absolute pathname, file, 230