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Glossary
box requests. To display an
example of a dialog box, click the
Style Manager button on the
Workspace Manager's front panel,
then click on Color.
DIMM See Dual Inline Memory
Module.
Dual Inline Memory Module A
memory board that contains
memory chips on both sides.
also Single Inline Memory Module
Directory A special type of
"container" object that contains
information about the objects
beneath it in the HP-UX
organizational structure. Basically,
it is a file that stores names and
links to files and other
directories See also File.
Disk A thin, round plate with a
magnetic or optical surface coating
on which data is stored by
magnetic or optical means. See
also floppy diskette, hard disk,
CD-ROM disk.
Disked workstation A
workstation that has its own hard
disk drive. See also diskless
workstation, node, partner node,
workstation.
Diskette See Floppy diskette.
Double click To press and release
a mouse button twice in rapid
succession. The amount of time
that discriminates between a
double click and two single clicks is
usually user-configurable. Double
clicking usually invokes a
different, but related, function
than single clicking.
Drag and Drop To move the
See mouse (and hence the pointer on
the screen) while holding down one
or more of its buttons. This process
specifies two separate locations on
the screen for those operations
that require two: the location when
the mouse button is pressed, and
the location when it is released.
This is used, for example, to
initiate a file-copy by pressing the
mouse button on the file to be
copied, dragging the file's icon to
the destination window, and
releasing the mouse button there.
Another common using of dragging
is to specify the upper-left and
lower-right corners of a new
window or similar rectangle See
also Drop.
Drive See CD-ROM drive, DDS
tape drive, Floppy drive, Hard disk
drive
Drop To release the mouse button
after having moved the mouse with
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