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adaptor — See power adaptor.
ADFS — Advanced Disc Filing System (see the RISC OS 3 User Guide for more information).
adjust button — Righthand mouse button.
adjust size icon — Icon in the bottom righthand corner of some windows. Drag this to change
the size of a window.
application —A program you use to perform tasks (such as word processing) or play
games on the computer.
application directory — Similar to an ordinary directory, in that it contains other files or
directories. Name starts with an exclamation mark (!). Double-clicking on an
application directory starts the application (rather than just opening the directory).
application icon — Icon that appears on the icon bar when you start an application.
arrow icon — Icon that appears in a dialogue box. Click on it to increase or decrease numeric
values.
Apps icon — An icon that is always present on the lefthand side of the icon bar. Clicking on
this will give you access to the applications stored permanently in the computer's
memory (ROM) such as Draw and Paint.
auto-start — You can configure the computer so that any or all of the ROM applications in the
Apps directory will automatically start every time you switch on.
back icon — Click on this to send a window to the back of a pile of windows on the screen.
Click on the title bar to bring it to the front again.
backup — A copy of an important file (or directory, or even a whole disc).
byte —A unit of storage, which consists of eight bits (ones or zeros) of information.
CapsLock key — Key at the bottom lefthand side of the keyboard. When the CapsLock light is
ON, anything you type into the computer will be in upper case.
caret — A vertical bar in a file or writable menu box. Text you type in appears to the left of the
caret.
his glossary defines any new terms that you may have come across in
the guide. Terms in italics have their own definitions in this glossary.
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