Controls that look like the tabs on dividers used in card files. They divide the contents of a window into discrete pages called panes, with each tab connected to one pane of window content.
The basic communication language of the Internet.
An application that allows remote users to interact with Mac OS X’s command line over TCP/IP, assuming they can gain authorization.
An application that allows local users to interact with Mac OS X’s command line.
The set of rules used in a particular language for alphabetizing, capitalizing, and distinguishing words.
A group of all the settings in the Classic environment’s Appearance control panel.
A string of messages about the same subject in a newsgroup. Also refers to a single task being executed within an application that may have multiple threads.
The movable part of a slider control that indicates the current setting.
A description of a physical arrangement or layout of networking hardware.
One channel of a QuickTime movie, containing video, sound, closed-captioned text, MIDI data, time codes, or other time-related data.
The overall spacing between letters in an entire document or text selection. Text with loose tracking has extra space between the characters in words. Text with tight tracking has characters squeezed close together.
The rate at which the pointer moves as you drag the mouse.
A program that translates your documents from one file format to another file format, such as a PICT graphic to a GIF graphic.
A three-dimensional color space expressed in terms of X, Y, and Z coordinates.
Destructive software that masquerades as something useful, such as a utility program or game. Compare to virus and worm.
The outline font technology built into the Mac OS (and Microsoft Windows). TrueType fonts can be smoothly scaled to any size onscreen or to any type of printer.
A PostScript font that includes instructions for grid fitting so that the font can be scaled to small sizes and low printer resolutions with good results.