Software that protects against burn-in by showing a constantly changing image on the display while the computer is idle.
A collection of AppleScript commands that perform a specific task. Also, short for language script system, which is software that defines a method of writing (vertical or horizontal, left-to-right, or right-to-left). A language script also provides rules for text sorting, word breaking, and the formatting of dates, times, and numbers.
An application that can be controlled by AppleScript commands.
AppleScript scripts saved as applets or small applications.
Files that add commands to the AppleScript language, such as plug-ins add features to applications.
A process in which AppleScript watches as you work with an application and automatically writes a corresponding script.
Displays a list of values in a box with an adjacent scroll bar. Clicking a listed item selects it. You may be able to select multiple items by pressing Shift or z while clicking.
To move quickly forward or backward through a movie by dragging the playhead.
An ordered search for resources within a Mac OS X System.
A dotted-line box that you drag around items to select them all.
Software or a device that provides information or services to clients on demand.
The place where local user accounts can share files among themselves locally on the system.
Software distributed over the Internet and from person to person on a trial basis. You pay for it if you decide to keep using it. See also freeware.
A dialog that applies to and is attached to another window, ensuring you won’t lose track of which window the dialog applies to.
Part of the Unix operating system that interprets command lines.
A new feature of Panther, the Sidebar is located at the left side of all Finder windows and contains shortcuts to mounted volumes and commonly used folders.
Entered during the system startup by holding down z-S during the boot process (just after the startup chime). Single-user mode goes straight to the command line, eliminating the GUI until a reboot occurs. This mode is typically used for troubleshooting.
A displayed control consisting of a track that displays a range of values or magnitudes and the slider itself, also known as the thumb, which indicates the current setting. You can change the setting by dragging the slider.
See antialiasing
A protocol typically used in sending email.
One or more programs that consist of coded instructions that direct a computer in performing tasks.
The audible part of a movie.
Unix jargon for the number sign symbol (#).
See print job
A printer-driver operation in which the driver saves page descriptions in a file (called a spool file) for later printing.
A protocol for securely accessing a remote computer.
The source of Unix commands, which is the keyboard by default.
The destination for the result of Unix commands, which is the terminal window by default.
A disk that contains the software needed for the computer to begin operation.
An IP address that doesn’t change when you begin an Internet session or when your computer starts up.
A template document that contains preset formatting and contents.
A strip in the top part of a Finder window that shows how much free space is available on the volume that contains the currently displayed folder.
Movies designed to be played over the Internet as they are downloaded.
A file (or group of files) that has been compressed in the StuffIt file format from Aladdin Systems.
A secondary menu that pops out from the side of another menu. A submenu appears when you place the pointer on a menu item that has an arrowhead at the right side of the menu. Submenus are sometimes referred to as hierarchical menus.
A 32-bit binary number that is used to identify a segment of a network.
A copy of an edition that has been placed in a document belonging to a Classic application. A subscriber can be updated automatically when the edition is updated by its publisher.
In AppleScript, a group of related commands and other items.
The user who has complete control over all folders and files on a computer, including the contents of the normally off-limits System folder.
A central device on an Ethernet network that passes signals from any device connected to one of its RJ-45 ports to one of the other devices connected to it. Also refers to options you can specify as part of a Unix command.
A representative file that contains exact information as to where a file or folder resides.
The technology that allows the operating system to take advantage of two processors by assigning applications to a specific processor or by splitting an application’s tasks between multiple processors simultaneously.
A person who has the knowledge and authority to make changes to settings that affect the fundamental operation of a computer’s operating system.
A software module loads when the Classic environment starts up. It adds features or capabilities to Mac OS 9 for the Classic environment.
Contains sounds, keyboard layouts, and language script systems, as well as the basic Mac OS 9 software for the Classic environment.
Stores the Mac OS 9 software used by the Classic environment.
Software that controls the basic activities of a computer system. Also known as the operating system.