Silicon Graphics IRIS Indigo Owner's Manual page 208

Glossary
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disk use
The percentage of space on your disk that contains information.
disk resource
Any disk (hard, CD-ROM, or floppy) that you can access either because it is physically
attached to your workstation with a cable, or because it is available over the network
using NFS.
double-click
To hold the mouse still, then press and release it twice, very rapidly. When you
double-click an icon, it opens into a window; when you double-click the Window menu
button, the window closes.
drag
To press and hold down a mouse button, then move the mouse. This drags the cursor to
move icons or to highlight menu items.
drive
A hardware device that lets you access information on various forms of media, such as
hard and floppy disks, CD-ROM discs, and magnetic tapes.
drive address
See SCSI address.
external device
Any piece of hardware that is attached to the workstation with a cable.
export
To use NFS software to make all or part of your file system available to other users and
systems on the network.
female connector
A connector that has indentations or holes into which you plug a male connector. An
example of a female connector is an electrical wall outlet that accepts an electrical plug.
field
An area in a window in which you can type text.