Easy Mac OS X Lion - Kate Binder [61]
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cable modem A high-speed Internet connection that operates over your cable television line.
CD-R Recordable CD, which can be recorded only once.
CD-RW Rewritable CD, which can be erased and recorded again several times.
check box Interface equivalent of the real-world object used to select options in a list or dialog box.
clip A short section of video that can be combined with other clips in iMovie to create a movie.
Clip Shelf The area of iMovie’s window where individual video clips are stored before they’re used in a movie.
Clip Viewer The area of iMovie’s interface where clips are combined with transitions, effects, and each other to form a movie.
collection A group of fonts.
color management The science of translating and adjusting scanned, displayed, and printed colors to produce consistent color from original art to final printout.
Column view A Finder view in which columns of file and folder listings are placed from left to right, with the left columns representing folders closer to the root level of a drive.
compressed Refers to a file that’s reduced in size by manipulating its underlying data.
contextual menus Menus that pop up wherever you click if you use a modifier key—specifically, the Control key. Their commands vary according to the context in which you’re working.
Cover Flow view A Finder view in which files are represented by large icons arranged similarly to the record album covers in a jukebox.
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Dashboard A user space containing small apps called widgets.
database A data file in which each type of information is delimited in a field so the data can be sorted or otherwise manipulated based on categories.
desktop The visual workspace in the Finder.
device profile A file that describes the color reproduction characteristics of a printer, scanner, or monitor.
DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol a method of automatically assigning a personal computer an IP address so that the computer can connect to the Internet.
dialog box A window in which you can click buttons, enter text, choose from pop-up menus, and drag sliders to determine the settings you want to make in a program or your system software.
dial-up An Internet connection over a standard telephone line.
disclosure triangle A button to the left of a folder or category name in a list; clicking it reveals the folder’s or category’s contents.
DNS server A computer that translates URLs (such as www.apple.com) into the domain name system (DNS) numeric addresses where web browsers can find the files that make up websites.
Dock The panel at the bottom of your Mac OS X desktop that contains an icon for every running program, as well as icons for any other programs, folders, or documents you want to access quickly.
download To copy files from the Internet to the computer you’re currently using.
dragging and dropping Clicking a file’s icon and dragging it into a dialog box, on top of an application’s icon, into the Dock, or elsewhere.
Drop Box A folder within your Public folder that other users can use to give files to you; you are the only person who can see the contents of your Drop Box folder, but each user has his or her own Public folder and Drop Box.
drop-down menu A menu accessed from the menu bar.
DSL Digital Subscriber Line, a high-speed Internet connection that operates over your phone line.
DVD Digital video disc; a CD-like medium that holds several times as much data as CDs and that is generally used to distribute movies.
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email Electronic mail that travels from your computer to another computer, across the Internet or over a local network, or LAN.
Ethernet A networking technology that enables you to transfer data at high speeds.
export To store data in a new file, separate from the currently open file.
extension See filename extensions.
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FaceTime Apple’s video chat program.
file sharing A system feature that enables you to transfer files from your Mac to other computers and vice versa; it can also enable other users to access your files if you allow it.