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Margin
The
Measured space around the outside edge of the
content of a document.
Palette
A
small floating window that contains a selection of
colors, tool icons, or other frequently accessed
program options.
Paragraph
Margin
Paragraph
Margins are Set on the ruler, they can vary for
each Paragraph. They change the way a Paragraph
appears between the Page Margins.
Password
A
unique word or set of characters that must be
entered before a network user can gain access to a
computer that he or she is registered
on.
Paste
A
command in the edit menu that places the contents
of the clipboard whatever was last cut or copied at
the location of the insertion point.
Peripheral
device
A
piece of hardware - such as a monitor, disk drive,
printer, or modem used with a computer and under
the computer's control.
PICT
A
file format used by a number of graphics and page
layout programs.
Pixel
Picture
element. The smallest dot that the computer and
monitor can display, or the representation on the
screen of the value of a bit. Also, a location in
video memory that corresponds to a pixel on the
screen.
Plug
in
This
term refers to a type of program that tightly
integrates with a larger application to add a
special capability to it.
Pointer
An
arrow or other symbol.
Pop-up
menu
A
menu (usually in a dialog box) in which the
selected option is shown next to a solid triangle
and inside a box with a shadow around it. The rest
of the menu "pops up" when you press the
box.
Port
A
socket on the back panel of the computer where you
can plug in a cable to connect the computer to
another device.
Portrait
A
vertical. A right side up piece of paper. The
opposite of landscape.
Post
Script font
A
scalable font format based on the PostScript page
description language.
PostScript™
A
scalable font format based on the PostScript page
description.
Precise
Very
definite or correct, exact, accurate.
Print
A
file menu command. When selected a dialog box
appears. If OK the document in the active window
will be printed.
Printer
Port
A
socket on the back of the computer marked with a
printer icon, used to connect a printer or an
AppleTalk network connector to the
computer.
Print
Monitor™
The
application that provides background printing on a
Macintosh used to monitor the progress of a
printout.
Processor
The
computer hardware component that performs the
computations directed by software commands. In
microcomputers such as the Mac, the processor is a
single integrated circuit called a
microprocessor.
Program
A
set of instructions describing actions for a
computer to perform to accomplish a task,
conforming to the rules and conventions of a
particular programming language. Computer programs
are collectively referred to as
software.
Program
Linking
The
ability of an application program to exchange
information directly with another program over a
network. To use program linking, both programs must
have the capability.
Public
domain
Software
for which the programmer has given up all rights of
ownership.
Pull-down
Menu
A
menu (usually in the menu bar) whose name or icon
is shown. You "pull down" the menu by pressing the
name or icon.
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Page Margin |
The Measured space around the outside edge of the content of a document. |
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Palette |
A small floating window that contains a selection of colors, tool icons, or other frequently accessed program options. |
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Paragraph Margin |
Paragraph Margins are Set on the ruler, they can vary for each Paragraph. They change the way a Paragraph appears between the Page Margins. |
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Password |
A unique word or set of characters that must be entered before a network user can gain access to a computer that he or she is registered on. |
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Paste |
A command in the edit menu that places the contents of the clipboard whatever was last cut or copied at the location of the insertion point. |
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Peripheral device |
A piece of hardware - such as a monitor, disk drive, printer, or modem used with a computer and under the computer's control. |
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PICT |
A file format used by a number of graphics and page layout programs. |
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Pixel |
Picture element. The smallest dot that the computer and monitor can display, or the representation on the screen of the value of a bit. Also, a location in video memory that corresponds to a pixel on the screen. |
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Plug in |
This term refers to a type of program that tightly integrates with a larger application to add a special capability to it. |
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Pointer |
An arrow or other symbol. |
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Pop-up menu |
A menu (usually in a dialog box) in which the selected option is shown next to a solid triangle and inside a box with a shadow around it. The rest of the menu "pops up" when you press the box. |
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Port |
A socket on the back panel of the computer where you can plug in a cable to connect the computer to another device. |
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Portrait |
A vertical. A right side up piece of paper. The opposite of landscape. |
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Post Script font |
A scalable font format based on the PostScript page description language. |
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PostScript™ |
A scalable font format based on the PostScript page description. |
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Precise |
Very definite or correct, exact, accurate. |
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A file menu command. When selected a dialog box appears. If OK the document in the active window will be printed. |
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Printer Port |
A socket on the back of the computer marked with a printer icon, used to connect a printer or an AppleTalk network connector to the computer. |
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Print Monitor™ |
The application that provides background printing on a Macintosh used to monitor the progress of a printout. |
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Processor |
The computer hardware component that performs the computations directed by software commands. In microcomputers such as the Mac, the processor is a single integrated circuit called a microprocessor. |
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Program |
A set of instructions describing actions for a computer to perform to accomplish a task, conforming to the rules and conventions of a particular programming language. Computer programs are collectively referred to as software. |
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Program Linking |
The ability of an application program to exchange information directly with another program over a network. To use program linking, both programs must have the capability. |
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Public domain |
Software for which the programmer has given up all rights of ownership. |
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Pull-down Menu |
A menu (usually in the menu bar) whose name or icon is shown. You "pull down" the menu by pressing the name or icon. |