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example, if you have data and audio tracks
within the same session, they must be
separated by a gap. Also, there must be a
gap of two to three seconds preceding the
first track on a CD.
GIF
(pronounced giff). A file format for
graphics displayed on the Internet. These
are easily identified by the file extension
.gif . You can save a GIF file from a Web
site to your computer. Point to the image
with the cursor and right click. A shortcut
menu is displayed. Select Save Picture
As… The Save As dialog box appears.
Select a folder, name the file, and click the
Save button. See file extension . See also
JPEG .
graphical interface
Communication
between a person and a computer by
means of images. With a pointing device
such as a mouse, you can click an icon to
tell the computer what you want. See icon .
See also interface .
graphics
Pictures or illustrations,
including drawings, pie charts, bar graphs,
street maps, architectural and engineering
designs, fashion designs, musical scores,
cartoons, animated images, and
photographs. A graphics card enables the
monitor to display these items on the
screen. See SVGA .
H
hard disk
Internal media for permanent
storage of system files, programs, utilities,
and data files. The hard disk consists of
flat, round platters. Each side of each
platter has a head that floats on a thin
cushion of air over the surface of the
rapidly spinning disk and reads
electronically stored data or writes data
onto the disk. If the computer is dropped,
a head may fall onto and dig into a platter
and cause the hard drive to become
unreadable.
hard drive
The drive that reads and writes
to the hard disk. If you have a large hard
drive, it may be divided into several
partitions. Each partition is designated by a
different icon and a consecutive drive
letter, beginning with the letter C. Partition
C: contains the files the computer uses to
start up. The other partitions contain no
preinstalled files.
hardware
The physical components of a
computer—the parts you can physically
touch. See software .
HTML (hypertext markup language)
The standard language for documents
designed for viewing on the Web with a
browser. Tags embedded in the documents
mark the locations of other electronic files.
Click the hyperlinks to jump from one Web
site to another. Documents formatted for a
browser can be identified by the file
extension .htm or .html . See hyperlink . See
also file extension .
http:// (hypertext transfer protocol)
This protocol commands the Web server to
locate the Web site you requested and
transmit the Web site to your computer.
You communicate a request to your
computer by using the keyboard or mouse.
You type the Web site address (URL) in the