Compaq Evo N160 Series User Manual page 180

scroll To gradually move
information across the screen
when a document or Web page is
too long or too wide to view all
at once. Scroll bars are located
along the right side and across
the bottom of a window. When
scroll arrows are present at the
ends of the bars, you know that
some information is off the
screen. Click on one of the
arrows to scroll the information
into view.
scroll mouse A mouse with a
scroll wheel (between the two
mouse buttons) for automatic
scrolling through long
documents or Web pages.
search engine A program,
accessed on the Internet, that
allows you to search large
databases for information, using
keywords or phrases.
See also database.
shareware Software you can
try before you buy. After a trial
period, usually 30 days, the
program uninstalls unless you
pay for it. You can download
shareware from the Internet.
See also software.
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shortcut An icon on the
Windows desktop that you
double-click to launch a
program.
shortcut menu A menu that
pops up when you right-click an
icon on the Windows desktop or
taskbar, the vacant part of the
desktop, a selection in a
document, or a file in Windows
Explorer. The options on the
pop-up menu are the most
commonly used commands that
relate to the item you
right-clicked.
See also right-click.
sleep mode A low-power state
that saves electricity when the
computer is not in use.
software The invisible code
stored in digital bits and bytes. It
consists of a set of instructions
that tell the hardware what tasks
to perform. See also digital and
program.
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