Acorn A5000, Welcome Manual

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Glossary
scroll arrows — Arrows at either end of the scroll bars on windows that are not large enough
to show all of a file.
scroll bars — Shaded bars along the righthand (and sometimes lower) edge of a window.
scrolling — Moving around a large file using the scroll bars and scroll arrows.
Select button — Lefthand mouse button. Use this to select items, choose menu options, drag
icons etc.
self-tests — A series of tests performed by the computer when you switch on.
Shutdown — Menu option on the task manager icon bar menu. Choose this before you switch
off the computer – it ensures that the computer shuts down 'gracefully'.
slider — Box within scroll bar. Drag it to move around a file.
source disc — See destination disc.
storage devices — See devices.
subdirectory — Directory in a parent directory.
submenu — Menu accessed by moving the pointer over an arrow on a main menu.
system application — Contains some of the resources that are common to all applications.
Task manager — Icon on righthand side of icon bar. Use it to control how the computer uses
its memory.
title bar — Along the top of a window in which the name of the file, application or directory
appears.
toggle size icon — Icon in the top righthand corner of a window. Clicking on this toggles
between full size and the last size at which a window was displayed.
toggling — Switching something between two states, usually by clicking Select.
tracks — Areas defined on a disc when you format it, on which the computer stores
information.
typewriter keys — Block of keys on the keyboard which resemble those on a typewriter.
window — Area of the screen designated for a particular activity or display – e.g. an Edit
window (used to create a text file) or a directory display (used to display the contents
of a disc).
writable menu box — A submenu option or part of a larger menu box. Either it already has a
caret in it, or the pointer changes to a caret when it is over the box, indicating that you
need to type in something (e.g. a file name).
write-protect — To lock a floppy disc so that the information on it cannot be changed in any
way.
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