Compaq 800 Series Setup Manual page 147

Windows desktop The main screen you
see when your computer completes startup.
The desktop displays icons (small pictures)
that represent items in the operating
system (such as My Computer and Recycle
Bin), shortcuts to programs installed on
your computer, and shortcuts to folders
or files. See shortcut.
Windows Explorer A file management
program that lets you see the hierarchy of
folders on your computer and all the files
and subfolders in each folder. Visualizing
the hierarchy is useful for copying and
moving files. You can open the folder that
contains the file you want to move or copy,
click and drag the file to a new folder, and
then drop it in. To find Windows Explorer,
click the Start button, and point to
Programs. You can create a shortcut to
Windows Explorer.
Windows taskbar The gray bar running
along the bottom of the screen when your
computer completes startup. The Start
button is on the left side of the taskbar, and
the systray (a tray with icons and the
computer clock) is on the right. Programs
that are running, but minimized into icons,
are displayed in the middle of the taskbar.
wizard Part of a program that guides you
through a complex process, such as signing
up with an Internet service provider or
posting a Web site to a server. Most
programs on CD-ROMs have wizards to
guide you through the installation process.
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World Wide Web A system of Internet
servers that support documents formatted
in HTML. See HTML.
Z
zipped file A file that has been squeezed
to a smaller size by compression software,
such as WinZip. An archive (group of
related files that are zipped together) can
be transmitted as an e-mail attachment
much faster than individual files. An
archive takes up less storage space on
your disk. It can be identified by the file
extension .zip. An archive contains a self-
extracting program with the file extension
.exe (for executable). Double-click the
executable file, and a wizard guides you
through the process of unzipping the files.
See wizard.
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