Don't let unfamiliar terms discourage you from learning all you can about Mac OS X. If you don't completely understand what one of these words means, flip to the indicated page, read the full definition there, and find techniques related to that term . - .Mac
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Apple's centralized network service, available for a yearly fee, that allows you to publish the products of your creativity online and make all your Macs operate as one. Page 128 -
- 1-Click ordering
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A technology that allows you to predefine your credit card information at the server, so that you can later purchase items online with a single click. 188 -
- Active Screen Corners
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Also known as "Hot Corners," this feature allows you to trigger certain functions by moving the mouse pointer into different corners of the screen. 432 -
- Admin user
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A type of user who is granted the capabilities to change global settings, install applications, and make other changes to the behavior of the entire system. 467 -
- AirPort
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Apple's brand of wireless Internet connectivity devices. 129 -
- Alias
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A pseudo-file that, when opened, instead opens a real file, application, or folder elsewhere in the system. 89 -
- Antialiasing
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The technical term for "smoothing," as with fonts or diagonal lines. 425 -
- AOL Instant Messenger ( AIM )
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One of the leading instant-messaging applications used by millions of people. 278 -
- AppleTalk
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Apple's own networking protocol. 145 -
- AppleWorks
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A suite of productivity tools that includes a word processor, a spreadsheet program, a drawing program, and more. 309 -
- Application
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Also known as a program, any piece of software you run within Mac OS X. 18 -
- Archive
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A collection of documents, folders, or applications packed into a single file, which is usually compressed. 44 -
- Authentication
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To enter a name and password, usually for an Admin user. 468 -
- Automatic login
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When you start up a Mac with this option enabled, the computer enters a predetermined user's login session automatically. 452 -
- Bookmark
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A reference to a favorite website to which you want to return to in the future. Page 256 -
- Bonjour
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A technology built into Mac OS X that allows applications on your Mac to automatically find network services provided by other computers on the same network. 128 -
- Conduit
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A piece of software hiding under the surface of Mac OS X that transfers a certain kind of information to and from a digital device such as a PDA. 416 -
- Contact sheet
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A group of thumbnail images gathered together onto a single sheet. 365 -
- Cookie
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A piece of information that some websites store on your computer to store your preferences for the site, or your username and password. 269 -
- Disk image
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A file that contains the contents of an entire disk. 44 -
- DNS servers
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Computers on the network that provide a mapping between numeric IP addresses and textual hostnames; this mapping is the Domain Name Service, or DNS. 137 -
- Domain
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Centrally managed groups of Windows computers with centralized password management and administration. 162 -
- Ethernet
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A low-level communication protocol that involves cables that end in RJ-45 jacks, which resemble large phone jacks . 129 -
- Expos
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A feature that allows you to shrink all your windows temporarily so that they all fit on the screen and you can select the one you want. 432 -
- File Transfer Protocol ( FTP )
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A method of transferring files from one computer to another. 272 -
- Firewall
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A piece of software that runs at the very innermost level of the operating system (the kernel) and manages all the Internet communications in and out of your Mac. 519 -
- iLife
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The packaged combination of iTunes, iMovie, iPhoto, iDVD, and GarageBand. 334 -
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