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storage device — See devices.
subdirectory — Directory in a parent directory.
submenu — Menu accessed by moving the pointer over an arrow on a main menu.
system application — Contains some of the resources that are common to all applications.
system disc — Floppy disc containing system applications.
Task manager — Icon on righthand side of icon bar. Use it to control how the computer
uses its memory.
title bar — Area of a window in which the name of the file, application or directory appears.
toggle size icon — Icon in the top righthand corner of a window. Clicking on this toggles
between full size and the last size at which a window was displayed.
toggling — Switching alternately between two states, usually by clicking Select (e.g. clicking
repeatedly on the Toggle size icon of a window, or an option icon in a dialogue
box).
track —
defined on a disc when you format it, on which the computer stores data.
An area
typewriter keys — Block of keys on the keyboard which resemble those on a
typewriter.
window — Area of the screen designated for a particular activity or display – e.g. an Edit
window (used to create a text file) or a directory display.
work disc — Floppy disc containing an application, !Scrap and a work directory.
writable menu option — A submenu option or part of a larger dialogue box. Either it already
has a caret in it, or the pointer changes to a caret when it is over the option,
indicating that you need to type in something (e.g.
write-protect — To lock a floppy disc so that the information on it cannot be changed
Glossary
file name).
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