An applet is a small, interactive application that resides
within a panel, for example the CD Player
. Each
applet has a simple user interface that you can operate with the mouse or
keyboard.
The part of the desktop environment where there are no interface graphical items, such as panels and windows.
The image or color that is applied to your desktop.
An icon on your desktop that you can use to open your files, folders, and applications. You can use desktop objects to provide convenient access to files, folders, and applications that you use frequently.
A windows-based environment for users. The desktop environment is the sum of all the parts of your working environment. The desktop environment includes all of your panels and windows, the desktop, and all of your workspaces.
A unique alphabetic identifier for a computer on a network.
A drawer is a sliding extension to a panel that you can open or close from a drawer icon.
To format media is to prepare the media for use with a particular file system. When you format media, you overwrite any existing information on the media.
An application that uses the standard GNOME programming libraries
is called a GNOME-compliant application. For example, Nautilus
and gedit
are GNOME-compliant applications.
Hot keys are keyboard shortcuts that start applications.
A data structure that contains information about individual files in UNIX file systems. Each file has one inode. An inode contains the node, type, owner, and location of a file.
A unique numeric identifier for a computer on a network.
A keyboard shortcut is a key or combination of keys that provides an alternative to standard ways of performing an action.
A launcher starts a particular application, executes a command, or opens a file. A launcher can reside in a panel or in a menu.
A menubar is a bar at the top of an application window that contains the menus for the application.
A Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (MIME) type identifies the format of a file. The MIME type enables applications to read the file. For example, an email application can use the image/png MIME type to detect that a Portable Networks Graphic (PNG) file is attached to an email.
To mount is to make a file system available for access. When you mount a file system, the file system is attached as a subdirectory to your file system.
A pane is a subdivision of a window. For example, the Nautilus
window contains a side pane and a view pane.
A dedicated software tool that controls a particular part of the behavior of the desktop environment.
Shortcut keys are keystrokes that provide a quick way to perform an action.
A partition of a disk. You can create slices on your Zip and Jaz media. An object for each slice appears on the desktop.
The stacking order is the order in which windows are stacked on top of each other on your screen.
A statusbar is a bar at the bottom of a window that provides information about the current state of what you are viewing in the window.
A special type of file that points to another file or folder. When you perform an action on a symbolic link, the action is performed on the file or folder to which the symbolic link points.
A toolbar is a bar that contains buttons for the most commonly-used commands in an application. Typically, a toolbar appears under a menubar.
A Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is the address of a particular location on the Web.
A Nautilus
component that enables
you to display a folder in a particular way. For example, Nautilus
contains an icon view which enables you to display the contents
of a folder as icons. Nautilus
also contains a
list view which enables you to display the contents of a folder as a list.
A Nautilus
component that enables
you to display a particular type of file in the view pane. A viewer component
might add menu items that are relevant to the file type to the Nautilus menus.
A viewer component might also enable you to use the Nautilus
zoom buttons to change the size of the item in the view pane.
A workspace is a discrete space in your desktop environment in which you can work.