HP Visualize J5000 - Workstation Owner's Manual page 198

Glossary
Home directory A shorthand
way of referring to a frequently
used directory, almost always the
login directory.
Host A computer that offers one or
more services; may be local or
remote (accessible via a
network) See also Cluster server.
Host name The name of a
particular machine, in the context
of its identity to the network See
also Internet Protocol Address.
HP CDE See HP Common
Desktop Environment.
HP Common Desktop
Environment A user interface
that draws a graphical layer over
the complexities of the other layers
of the system (the hardware,
operating system, and X Window
system), enabling you to control
your workstation by directly
manipulating graphical objects
instead of by typing commands at
a command-line prompt.
HP-UX. This is Hewlett-Packard
Company's version of the UNIX®
operating system.
HP-UX cluster See Cluster
node, Cluster server.
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Icon A small, graphic
representation of an object. Objects
can be "iconized" (turned into
icons) to clear a cluttered
workspace. Icons can be restored to
their original appearance when
needed. Whatever processes are
executing in an object continue to
execute when the object is
iconized.
Iconify See iconize.
Iconize To turn a window or shell
into an icon See also Icon.
Initial System Loader The
program that actually controls the
loading of the operating system.
Input device Any of several
pieces of hardware equipment used
to give information to a system.
Examples include the keyboard
and the mouse See also Output
Device.
Input window The window that
displays a program's prompt and
any commands typed but not yet
executed.
Instant ignition. When the user's
computer is turned on and it
automatically boots up and is