A | B |
object | separate enitites with their own properties and actions |
context menu | when you right-click, the menu that appears |
tabs | headings that run across the top of a dialog box |
folder | not merely a new name for directory but a new concept of storage |
printer folder | the folder that contains icons for all the printers installed |
control panel | a folder that lets you customize various aspects fo Windows 95 |
Recycle bin | contains files you have deleted |
desktop | a container for all the other folders associated with your system |
network neighborhood | a folder that contains computers, workgroups and domains associated with your network |
VFAT | a method of conserving 8.3 filenames yet allowing up to 250 characters |
shortcut | has an extension .LNK |
My Computer | has icons representing floppy disk drives, hard disk drives, CD-ROM drives, mapped network drives, and control panel |
UNC or Universal Naming Convention | an example: \\server\common |
Recycle Bin | contains files deleted from your hard drive, files deleted from floppy drives do not go here |
My Briefcase | provides a method of easily updating files from or to computer and laptop or another computer |
Plug and Play | hot docking, or automatic configuration of hardware |
taskbar | can be accessed using Ctrl + Esc, also the gray strip that runs across the bottom of the screen |
settings | on the start menu displays control panel, printers, and taskbar |
system tray | the right side of the taskbar |
Alt + Esc or Alt + Shift + Tab or Alt + Tab | different ways of cycling through the icons of programs |