HP Compaq Presario,Presario 5000 User Manual page 216

example, if you have data and audio tracks
within the same session, they must be
separated by a gap. Also, there must be a
gap of two to three seconds preceding the
first track on a CD.
GIF (pronounced giff). A file format for
graphics displayed on the Internet. These
are easily identified by the file extension
.gif. You can save a GIF file from a Web
site to your computer. Point to the image
with the cursor and right click. A shortcut
menu is displayed. Select Save Picture
As... The Save As dialog box appears.
Select a folder, name the file, and click the
Save button. See file extension. See also
JPEG.
graphical interface Communication
between a person and a computer by
means of images. With a pointing device
such as a mouse, you can click an icon to
tell the computer what you want. See icon.
See also interface.
graphics Pictures or illustrations,
including drawings, pie charts, bar graphs,
street maps, architectural and engineering
designs, fashion designs, musical scores,
cartoons, animated images, and
photographs. A graphics card enables the
monitor to display these items on the
screen. See SVGA.
hard disk Internal media for permanent
storage of system files, programs, utilities,
and data files. The hard disk consists of
flat, round platters. Each side of each
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platter has a head that floats on a thin
cushion of air over the surface of the
rapidly spinning disk and reads
electronically stored data or writes data
onto the disk. If the computer is dropped,
a head may fall onto and dig into a platter
and cause the hard drive to become
unreadable.
The drive that reads and writes
hard drive
to the hard disk. If you have a large hard
drive, it may be divided into several
partitions. Each partition is designated by a
different icon and a consecutive drive
letter, beginning with the letter C. Partition
C: contains the files the computer uses to
start up. The other partitions contain no
preinstalled files.
hardware The physical components of a
computer—the parts you can physically
touch. See software.
HTML (hypertext markup language)
The standard language for documents
designed for viewing on the Web with a
browser. Tags embedded in the documents
mark the locations of other electronic files.
Click the hyperlinks to jump from one Web
site to another. Documents formatted for a
browser can be identified by the file
extension .htm or .html. See hyperlink. See
also file extension.
http:// (hypertext transfer protocol)
This protocol commands the Web server to
locate the Web site you requested and
transmit the Web site to your computer.
You communicate a request to your
computer by using the keyboard or mouse.
You type the Web site address (URL) in the
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