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#. "English Definition"

msgid "Term"

#. "To terminate abruptly a processing activity in a computer system because it is impossible or undesirable for the activity to procees."

msgid "abort"

#. "1. In character recognition systems a type of symbol that, unlike a letter or numeral, has no intrinsic meaning and must be defined before it can be interpreted. 2. In programming a data type defined by the operations that can be performed on objects of t"

msgid "Abstract"

#. "1. In applications, a key or key combination used to perform a defined function. Also called shortcut key. 2. A hardware device that speeds or enhances the operation of one or more subsystems, leading to improved program performance. "

msgid "Accelerator"

msgid "Accept"

#. "1. The act of reading data from or writing data to memory. 2. Connection to the Internet or other network or system.  2. To gain entry to memory in order to read or write data."

msgid "access"

#. "A record of essential user information that is stored on the system.. Network accounts are created by network administrators and are used both to validate users and to administer policies-for example, permissions-related to each user."

msgid "Account"

#. "Pertaining to the device, program, file, or portion of the screen that is currently operational or subject to command operations. "

#, fuzzy

msgid "Active"

#, fuzzy

msgid "Actor"

#. "A disk drive mechanism for moving the read/write head(s) to the location of the desired track on a disk. "

msgid "Add"

#. "1. A number specifying a location in memory where data is stored. 2. A unique code that specifies a particular computer (node) or site on the Internet or other network. 3. A code used to specify an e-mail destination."

msgid "Address"

msgid "Adjust"

#. "The performing of maintenance tasks on a system or network"

msgid "Administration"

msgid "Aggregate"

#. "A visual or auditory signal from a computer alerting the user to an error or hazardous situation."

msgid "Alarm"

#. "In an application such as a word processor, to position lines of type relative to some point, such as the page margin. The most common types of alignment are left- and right-aligned and centered. "

msgid "Align"

msgid "Allow"

#. "A software product that is under development and has enough functionality to begin testing. "

msgid "Alpha"

#. "The high-order 8 bits of a 32-bit graphics pixel used to manipulate the remaining 24 bits for purposes of coloring or masking. In computer graphics, memory associated with each pixel used to store the fractional coverage of the pixel."

msgid "alpha channel"

#. "Pertaining to a device or signal that is continuously varying in strength or quantity, such as voltage or audio, rather than based on discrete units, such as the binary digits 1 and 0. "

#, fuzzy

msgid "Analog"

#. "The evaluation of a situation or problem, including review from various aspects or points of view. In computing, analysis commonly involves such features as flow control, error control, and evaluation of efficiency."

msgid "Analysis"

#  "A tag in an HTML document that defines a section of text, an icon, or other element as a link to another element in the document or to another document or file. "

#, fuzzy

msgid "Anchor"

#. "A logical operation combining the values of two bits (0, 1) or two Boolean values (false, true) that returns a value of 1 (true) if both input values are 1 (true) and returns a 0 (false) otherwise. "

msgid "AND"

#. "The simulation of movement through a rapid succession of static images. "

#, fuzzy

msgid "Animation"

#. "On the Internet, the standard login name used to obtain access to a public FTP file archive. "

msgid "Anonymous"

#. "A setting that allows a modem to answer an incoming call automatically. It is used in all fax machines. "

msgid "Answer mode"

#. "A software technique (algorithm) for smoothing the jagged appearance of curved or diagonal lines caused by poor resolution on a display screen. "

msgid "Antialiasing"

#. "To place or insert as an attachment by adding data to the end of a file or database or extending a character string. To attach to the end of; most often used in reference to writing a file of adding to a string."

msgid "Append"

#. "An application working inside a small window in a panel. A program that can be downloaded over the Internet and executed on the recipient's machine. "

msgid "Applet"

#. "A software program designed to assist in the performance of a specific task or for particlar user needs, such as word processing, accounting, or inventory management. "

msgid "Application"

#. "A button in the panel which launches an application or executes a command when pressed."

msgid "Application Launcher"

msgid "Applix"

msgid "Arc"

#. "A collection of several files bundled into one file by a program (such as ar, tar, bar or cpio) for shipment or archiving."

#, fuzzy

msgid "archive"

msgid "area grid"

#. "An item of information following a command. It may, for example, modify the command or identify a file to be affected. "

msgid "Argument"

#. "In programming, a list of data values, all of the same type, any element of which can be referenced by an expression consisting of the array name followed by an indexing expression. An arrangement of elements in one or more dimensions."

msgid "Array"

#. "The four directional keys on the numeri keypad."

msgid "Arrow key"

msgid "Article"

#. "The arrangement of a sequence of items from lowest to highest, such as from 1 to 10 or from A to Z. "

msgid "Ascending order"

#. "American Standard Code for Information Interchange; the standard describing a collection of characters and codes (i.e. sequences of zeros and ones, or numbers) assigned to them. ASCII characters  include Latin letters, common punctuation marks, some specific. When you see a mention of an 'ASCII file' or 'ASCII text' somewhere, it usually means a plain text file which only uses symbols defined in ASCII standard, with no formatting information such as fonts to be used. ASCII is defined as a standard of American National Standards Institute (ANSI); the offical reference is ANSI X3.4-1986."

msgid "Ascii"

#. "In computer displays and graphics, the ratio of the width of an image or image area to its height. The aspect ratio is an important factor in maintaining correct proportions when an image is printed, rescaled, or incorporated into another document."

msgid "aspect ratio"

#. "Without regular time relationship; unexpected and unpredictable with respect to the execution of a program's instructions. "

msgid "Asynchronous"

#. "Any file accompanying an e-mail message in a special format so that it can be viewed or saved to disk independently of the main message body."

#, fuzzy

msgid "Attachment"

#. "In a database record, the name or structure of a field. In screen displays, an element of additional information stored with each character. In markup languages such as SGML and HTML, a name-value pair within a tagged element that modifies certain feature"

msgid "Attribute"

#. "Relating to frequencies within the range of perception by the human ear."

msgid "Audio"

#. "In a multiuser or network operating system, the process by which the system validates a user's logon information. "

msgid "Authentication"

#. "Traditionally, to author meant to write a literary work or journalistic piece. In a computer context it means to create a product for implementation via computer technology; to write a computer program or to create Web pages. "

msgid "Author"

msgid "Autofill"

#. "In processing, the accessibility of a computer system or resource, such as a printer, in terms of usage or of the percentage of the total amount of time the device is needed."

msgid "Availability"

msgid "Average"

#. "In a chart or other two-dimensional system using coordinates, the horizontal line (x-axis) or vertical line (y-axis) that serves as a reference for plotting points. In a three-dimensional coordinate system, a third line (z-axis) is used to represent depth"

msgid "Axis"

#. "In the context of processes or tasks that are part of an operating system or program, operating without interaction with the user while the user is working on another task. In the UNIX command line, the character <literal>&amp;</literal> appended to a command will make that command run in the background."

msgid "Background"

#. "A duplicate copy of a program, a disk, or data, made either for archiving purposes or for safeguarding valuable files from loss should the active copy be damaged or destroyed. "

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msgid "Base"

#. "An executable program, so called because the file containing the program consists of machine-readable binary digits, i.e. ones and zeroes."

msgid "Binary"

#. "1. Language-dependent code that allows a software library to be called from that computer language. 2. The process during which a client finds out where a server is so that the client can receive services. "

#. "The minimal possible unit of information, a digit which can take values 0 or 1. Saying that the file has length n bits is equivalent to saying that it can be written as  a sequence of n zeros and ones."

msgid "Bit"

#. "A data structure in memory that represents information in the form of a collection of individual bits. A bit map is used to represent a bit image. "

msgid "Bitmap"

#. "To not show or not display an image on part or all of the screen."

msgid "Blank"

msgid "Blinking cursor"

#. "A signal that is prevented from being transmitted"

msgid "Blocked"

msgid "Blur image"

#. "A type style that makes the text to which it is applied appear darker and heavier than the surrounding text. "

msgid "Bold"

#. "1. A marker inserted at a specific point in a document to which the user may wish to return for later reference. 2. In Netscape Navigator, a link to a Web page or other URL that a user has stored in a local file in order to return to it later. "

msgid "book mark"

#. "Characteristic of logical (true, false) values. "

msgid "Boolean"

#. "The boundary around a graphic image on screen. "

msgid "Box"

#. "A node intermediate between the root and the leaves in some types of logical tree structure, such as the directory tree "

msgid "Bricks"

#. "To scan a database, a list of files, or the Internet, either for a particular item or for anything that seems to be of interest. "

msgid "Browse"

#. "Software that lets a user view HTML documents and access files and software related to those documents. "

msgid "Browser"

#. "A region of memory reserved for use as an intermediate repository in which data is temporarily held while waiting to be transferred between two locations or devices. "

msgid "Buffer"

#. "An error in coding or logic that causes a program to malfunction or to produce incorrect results. "

msgid "bug"

msgid "Build"

#. "A typographical symbol, such as a filled or empty circle, diamond, box, or asterisk, used to set off a small block of text or each item in a list. "

msgid "Bullet"

#. "A computer system equipped with one or more modems or other means of network access that serves as an information and message-passing center for remote users. "

msgid "Bulletin Board"

#. "A circuit over which data or power is transmitted. The bus connects the processor, disk-drive controller, memory, and input/output ports-and enables them to transfer information. "

msgid "Bus"

#. "Temporarily performing a function or task."

msgid "Busy"

#. "A graphic element in a dialog box that, when activated, performs a specified function. "

msgid "Button"

#. "8 bits, i.e. a sequence of 8 zeros and ones.There are 256 possible such sequences, so one can also say that one byte represents a number ranging from 0 to 255. Byte is the basic building block of filesystem: all files are composed of bytes. For text files, each byte represents one symbol."

msgid "Byte"

#. "Refers to the C programming language, developed by Bell Laboratories in the early 1980s."

msgid "C"

#. "A short-term storage area in RAM or on the hard disk.  Many programs use caches to store recently-accessed files or other items."

msgid "Cache"

#  "Any device that performs arithmetic operations on numbers. "

#, fuzzy

msgid "Calculator"

#. "An application program in the form of an electronic calendar, commonly used for highlighting dates and scheduling appointments. "

msgid "Calendar"

#. "To establish a connection through a telecommunications network. "

msgid "Call"

msgid "Cancel"

msgid "canvas"

#. "Groups of like settings in a property window."

msgid "Categories"

#. "1. An individual compact disc, such as a CD-ROM. 2. Acronym for Carrier Detect, a signal sent from a modem to the attached computer to indicate that the modem is on line. "

#, fuzzy

msgid "CD"

msgid "CDE panel"

#. "1. The intersection of a row and a column in a spreadsheet. 2. An addressable (named or numbered) storage unit for information. A "

msgid "Cell"

msgid "Cellular"

#. "To align characters around a point located in the middle of a line, page, or other defined area."

msgid "Center"

#. "1. A path or link through which information passes between two devices. 2. In communications, a medium for transferring information. Depending on its type, a communications channel can carry information (data, sound, and/or video) in either analog or digi"

#. "Real-time conversation via computer. "

msgid "Chat"

#. "One of a set of bits that are added to a data message at its origin and scrutinized by the receiving process to determine whether an error has occurred during transmission. "

#, fuzzy

msgid "Checkbox"

#. "In a tree structure, the relationship of a node to its immediate predecessor. "

msgid "child"

#. "A process initiated by another process (the parent)."

#. "In object-oriented programming, a generalized category that describes a group of more specific items, called objects, that can exist within it. "

msgid "Class"

msgid "Classification"

msgid "Clear"

#. "The temporary buffer into which text or other data can be copied, to be used later by pasting into a different location. Most applications support the clipboard either through native mouse-based cut and paste functionality of X Window System, or through s"

msgid "Clipboard"

#. "To change an open window into an icon on the desktop. To end an application's relationship with an open file so that the application will no longer be able to access the file without opening it again. To end a computer's connection with another computer o"

msgid "Close"

#. "Program instructions. Source code consists of human-readable statements written by a programmer in a programming language. Machine code consists of numerical instructions that the computer can recognize and execute and that were converted from source code"

msgid "code"

#. "1. A memory segment containing program instructions. 2. A named and segregated portion of a program's code typically performing a specific class of operations. "

#. "An instruction to a computer program which causes an action to be carried out. Commands are usually either typed at the keyboard or chosen from a menu."

msgid "Command"

#. "A string of text written in the command language and passed to the command interpreter for execution. It can contain a command followed by arguments, options, file names and other expressions."

msgid "Common properties"

#. "To check two items, such as words, files, or numeric values, so as to determine whether they are the same or different. "

msgid "Compare"

#. "To string together two or more sequences into one longer sequencce (for example, to combine the two strings 'hello' and 'there' into the single string 'hello there'). "

#. "The state of an expression or a variable (for example, when a result can be either true or false, or equal or not equal)."

msgid "Condition"

#. "A pipe containing electric wires or cables, in order to protect them against damage from external causes."

msgid "Conduit"

msgid "Confidential"

#. "In reference to a single microcomputer, the sum of a system's internal and external components, including memory, disk drives, keyboard, video, and generally less critical add-on hardware, such as a mouse, modem, or printer. Software (the operating system"

#, fuzzy

msgid "Configuration"

msgid "Confirm"

msgid "Confirmation"

#. "In programming, a restriction on the solutions that are acceptable for a problem."

msgid "Constraint"

#. "The data that appears between the starting and ending tags of an element in an SGML or HTML document. "

msgid "Content"

#. "libgtop.pot"

msgid "Continue"

#. "Management of a computer and its processing abilities so as to maintain order as tasks and activities are carried out. In a graphical user interface, an object on the screen that can be manipulated by the user to perform an action. The most common control"

msgid "Control"

#. "The process of changing from one form or format to another. Types of conversion include: data (changing the way information is represented), file (changing a file from one format to another), hardware (changing all or part of a computer system), media (tr"

msgid "Conversion"

#. "On the World Wide Web, a block of data that a Web server stores on a client system. When a user returns to the same Web site, the browser sends a copy of the cookie back to the server. "

msgid "cookie"

#. "To duplicate information and reproduce it in another part of a document, in a different file or memory location, or in a different medium. "

msgid "Copy"

#. "A method of protecting the rights of an originator of a creative work, such as a text, a piece of music, a painting, or a computer program, through law. "

msgid "Copyright"

#. "Acronym for Common Object Request Broker Architecture. A specification developed by the Object Management Group in 1992 in which pieces of programs (objects) communicate with other objects in other programs, even if the two programs are written in differe"

msgid "Cost"

msgid "Count"

msgid "Covariance"

#. "For a system or program, to fail to function correctly, resulting in the suspension of operation. A program crash results in the loss of all unsaved data and can leave the operating system unstable enough to require restarting the computer. A disk drive c"

msgid "crash"

msgid "Create"

msgid "Criteria range"

#. "Short for control. A designation used to label the Control key on computer keyboards. "

msgid "Ctrl"

msgid "Cumulative"

#. "A highlighted or animated icon which indicates the current position of the mouse on the screen, or the position where keyboard input will occur in a text window."

msgid "cursor"

msgid "Curve"

#. "To modify or assemble hardware or software to suit the needs or preferences of the user. "

msgid "Customize"

msgid "custom window"

#. "To remove part of a document, usually placing it temporarily in memory or the clipboard so that the cut portion can be inserted (pasted) elsewhere. "

msgid "Cut"

#. "A background process providing basic system or network services. A daemon is activated only when needed, for example, to correct an error from which another program cannot recover."

msgid "Daemon"

#. "An item of information."

msgid "Data"

#. "A file composed of records, each containing fields together with a set of operations for searching, sorting, recombining, and other functions."

#, fuzzy

msgid "database"

#. "To detect, locate, and correct logical or syntactical errors in a program or malfunctions in hardware. In hardware contexts, the term troubleshoot is the term more often used."

msgid "Debug"

#. "The base-10 numbering system. "

msgid "Decrease"

#. "A choice made by a program when the user does not specify an alternative."

msgid "Default"

#. "To eliminate text, a file, or part of a document with the intention of removing the information permanently. "

msgid "Delete"

#. "The state in which one entity relies upon specific hardware, software, or specific events for its own definition or functionality. "

#. "Software which provides graphical user interface for users desktop. In addtition to capabilities provided by a window manager (that is, ability to move, resize, and hide windows), a desktop environment usually also includes such elements of GUI as a File "

msgid "Desktop Environment"

#. "The location (drive, folder, or directory) to which a file is copied or moved. "

msgid "Destroy"

msgid "Detection"

#. "A piece of hardware with which the system interacts, such as a hard disk, modem, printer or mouse."

msgid "Device"

msgid "Diagonal"

#. "To establish connection that uses the public switched telephone network rather than a dedicated circuit or some other type of private network."

msgid "Dial"

#. "In a graphical user interface, a special window displayed by the system or application to solicit a response from the user. "

msgid "Dialog Box"

msgid "Dialout Device"

#. "One of the characters used to indicate a whole number (unit) in a numbering system. In any numbering system, the number of possible digits is equal to the base used. For example, the decimal (base-10) system has 10 digits, 0 through 9."

msgid "Digits"

#. "One of three or four coordinates determining a position in space or in space and time."

#. "glade.pot"

msgid "Direction"

#. "A branch within UNIX's hierarchical file system; a 'folder' containing files or other directories (called 'subdirectories')."

msgid "Directory"

#. "To suppress something or to prevent it from happening. Disabling is a method of controlling system functions by disallowing certain activities. "

#. "A round platter of flexible plastic coated with a magnetic material that can be electrically charged to hold information recorded in digital (binary) form. The magnetized medium is organised in concentric tracks and sectors for storing data."

msgid "disk"

msgid "Dismiss"

#. "A visual presentation of data. The visual output device of a computer."

msgid "Display"

#. "Loss or diminution of power."

#. "A collction of one or more lines of text that can be named and stored as a separate item or file which can be retrieved."

msgid "Document"

#. "In the Internet and other networks, a part of a naming hierarchy. The domain is the highest subdivision of a domain name in a network address, which identifies the type of entity owning the address (for example, .com for commercial users or the geographic"

msgid "Domain"

#. "1. In the UNIX, MS-DOS, OS/2, and other operating systems, the character that separates a filename from an extension. 2. In computer graphics and printing, a small spot combined with others in a matrix of rows and columns to form a character or a graphic "

msgid "Dot"

#. "In communications, to transfer a file or programming instructions from a remote computer to the requesting computer over a communications line. "

msgid "Download"

#. "In multimedia applications the area on the screen where drawing and editing functions are carried out"

#. "To fix the position of an object that is being dragged by releasing the mouse button. To disconnect a communications line."

msgid "Drop"

msgid "Druid"

#. "A terminal that does not contain an internal microprocessor. "

msgid "dumb Terminal"

#. "To copy."

#. "Short for electronic mail.  "

msgid "E-mail"

#. "In communications, a signal transmitted back to the sender that is distinct from the original signal. Network connections can be tested by sending an echo back to the main computer."

#. "1. In computer graphics, one or more vestors defining a portion of an object. 2. In image processing, a set of valus determined to be the dividing line between one image and another image or an image and the background."

msgid "Edge"

#. "To make a change to an existing file or document. "

msgid "Edit"

msgid "Effects"

msgid "Eject"

#. "A way of exchanging messages between users of computers connected to a network (local or Internet)."

msgid "Electronic Mail"

#. "The process of a computer, device, or program imitating the function of another computer, device, or program."

msgid "emulation"

#. "To activate."

#. "A correspondence between characters of some character set and character codes, i.e. internal computer presentation of the symbols. In order to be able to read a text file, you need to know its character set and encoding. In most encodings, each symbol is represented by one byte, which is equivalent to a number from 0 to 255; the characters corresponding to codes 0 to 127 coincide with the ASCII standard, while the characters with codes higher than 127 vary between encodin. The most common encoding is iso-8859-1; in addition to ASCII characters, it also contains accented letters covering most of Western European languages."

msgid "Encoding"

msgid "Engineering"

#. "A value or condition that is not consistent with the true, specified, or expected value or condition. "

msgid "Error"

#. "A protocol for network communication, developed in the 1980s and commonly used for Local Area Networks (LANs) and other network communication."

msgid "Ethernet"

#. "An action or occurrence, often generated by the user, to which a program might respond."

#. "A program/file that can be run or processed or executed  by the computer without any further translation. The term usually applies to a compiled program translated into machine code in a format that can be loaded into memory and run by a computer's proces"

msgid "executable file"

#. "To run file as program. To perform an instruction. In programming, execution implies loading the machine code of the program into memory and then performing the instructions."

msgid "Execute"

#. "In a program, to move from the called routine back to the calling routine. "

msgid "Exit"

#. "A type of memory, up to 8 MB, that can be added to IBM PCs. Its use is defined by the Expanded Memory Specification (EMS). Expanded memory is not needed in Windows 9x, all versions of Windows NT, and Windows 2000. "

#. "To move information from one system or program to another. Files that consist only of text can be exported in ASCII (plain text format). "

msgid "Export"

#. "A language construct for computing a value from one  or moe operands."

msgid "expression"

#. "1. A set of characters added to a filename that serves to extend or clarify its meaning or to identify a file as a member of a category. 2. A program or program module that adds functionality to or extends the effectiveness of a program. "

msgid "Extension"

#. "To select and remove from a set of items those items that meet some criteria. "

msgid "Extract"

#. "In Microsoft Internet Explorer, a user-defined shortcut to a page on the World Wide Web, analogous to a bookmark in Netscape Navigator. "

msgid "Favorite"

#. "Short for facsimile. The transmission of text or graphics over telephone lines in digitized form. "

#, fuzzy

msgid "Fax"

#. "1. A location in a record in which a particular type of data is stored. 2. A space in an on-screen form where the user can enter a specific item of information."

#. "Any piece of information (text, graphics, executable) put together and given a name. All the information you have on the hard drive is arranged as a collection of  files."

msgid "File"

#. "The set of letters, numbers, and allowable symbols assigned to a file to distinguish it from all other files in a particular directory on a disk. "

msgid "Filename"

#. "A collection of all the files and directories on a system arranged in a tree-like hierarchy."

msgid "Filesystem"

#. "In computer graphics, the colored or patterned 'paint' inside an enclosed figure, such as a circle. "

msgid "Fill"

#. "In communications and electronics, hardware or software that selectively passes certain elements of a signal and eliminates or minimizes others. "

msgid "Filter"

#. "Synonymous with Search. 1. To look for the location of a file. 2. To seek specific data within a file or data structure. "

msgid "Find"

#. "Software routines stored in read-only memory (ROM). "

#, fuzzy

msgid "Firmware"

#. "Synonymous with Monospace Font. A font (set of characters in a particular style and size), similar to that used on a typewriter, in which each character occupies the same amount of horizontal space regardless of its width"

#, fuzzy

msgid "Float"

#. "A round piece of flexible plastic film coated with ferric oxide particles that can hold a magnetic field. When placed inside a disk drive, the floppy disk rotates to bring different areas, or sectors, of the disk surface under the drive's read/write head,"

msgid "Floppy"

#. "A method of tracing the movement of different types of information through a computer system, especially with regard to security and the controls applied to ensure the integrity of the information. "

#. "A graphic map of the path of control or data through the operations in a program or an information-handling system. "

msgid "Flowchart"

#. "A container for programs and files in graphical user interfaces, symbolized on the screen by a graphical image (icon) of a file folder. This container is called a directory in other systems. "

msgid "Folder"

#. "A set of characters of the same typeface (such as Garamond), style (such as italic), and weight (such as bold). "

msgid "Font"

#. "One or more identifying lines printed at the bottom of a page. A footer may contain a folio (page number), a date, the author's name, and the document title. "

msgid "Footer"

msgid "Forecast"

#. "To run a program so that its output is visible to the user, or to bring a previously 'backgrounded' program to the foreground. Programs running in the foreground can display output and receive input from the user."

msgid "Foreground"

#. " A system call to create a new process.  The new process is called a child process. The original process is called a parent process. "

msgid "fork"

#. "A structured document with spaces reserved for entering information and often containing special coding as well. In some applications (especially databases), a structured window, box, or other self-contained presentation element with predefined areas for "

msgid "Form"

#  "The structure or appearance of a unit of data. The arrangement of data within a document file that typically permits the document to be read or written by a certain application. "

#. "A division indicated by the division sign or by a stroke bar. The dividend and the divisor are called the numerator and denominator respectively."

msgid "Fraction"

#. "1. In asynchronous serial communications, a unit of transmission that is sometimes measured in elapsed time and begins with the start bit that precedes a character and ends with the last stop bit that follows the character. 2. In synchronous communication"

msgid "Frame"

#. "As defined by Free Software Foundation, free software is software that comes with permission for anyone to use, copy, and distribute, either verbatim or with modifications, either gratis or for a fee. In particular, this means that the source code must be This is very close, but not identical, to the notion of Open Source software. Detailed discussion of this and related topics can be found on <ulink  type='http'  url='http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html'>Free Software Foundation's Web page</ulink>."

#. "A protocol for exchanging files over the Internet or local network. There is a number of utilities based on this protocol, such as gFTP; you can also use command ftp on the command line. In addition, most file managers and Web browsers have built-in FTP c"

msgid "FTP"

#. "In a hierarchical filing system, a pathname containing all the possible components of a pathname, including the network share or drive and root directory, as well as any subdirectories and the file or object name. "

msgid "full pathname"

#. "1. The purpose of, or the action carried out by, a program or routine. 2. A general term for a subroutine. "

msgid "Function"

#. "A unit for magnetic field intensity particularly used in magnetic surveys. The numerical value of the power to which a video signal voltage is raised to obtain linear light."

#. "The branch of mathematics that deals with the construction, properties, and relationships of points, lines, angles, curves, and shapes. A adjective applied to graphics operations at the level of vertices, adges and polygons, such as transformation and clipping, as opposed to rendering"

msgid "Geometry"

#. "An FTP command that instructs the server to transfer a specified file to the client. "

msgid "get"

#. "Pertaining to an entire document, file, or program rather than to a restricted segment of it. "

msgid "Global"

#. "A freedesktop environment for UNIX and UNIX-like operating systems; one of the two leading desktop environments for Linux (the other one is KDE). For more information, please visit <ulink type='http' url='http:///www.gnome.org/'>GNOME Web site</ulink>. Officially, GNOME stands for GNU Network Object Model Environment. The only part of this name that really matters is GNU, which is there to indicate that GNOME is a part of the larger GNU project."

msgid "GNOME"

#. "GNU's Not UNIX; a project to develop a complete UNIX-like operating system which is free software. Combination of tools and utilities produced by GNU project with Linux kernel is widely known under the name 'Linux operating system'; more accurately, such For more information about GNU project, visit its <ulink type='http' url='http://www.gnu.org/'>Web page</ulink>."

msgid "GNU"

#. "A software license developed by the Free Software Foundation. In short, it allows anyone to use, copy, distribute, or sell the software, in original or modified form, as long as you distribute the program's source code along with the binaries, and you dis GPL plays an extremely important role in the free software movement; almost all of GNU project software, as well as <link linkend='linux'>Linux</link> kernel, is distributed  under GPL. For a detailed discussion of history, ideas and philosophy related to"

#, fuzzy

msgid "GPL"

#. "To capture graphical image data from a video camera or another full-motion video source and put it into memory. "

#. "Synonymous with Chart. A graphic or diagram that displays data or the relationships between sets of data in pictorial rather than numeric form."

msgid "Graph"

#. "A visual computer environment that represents programs, files, and options with graphical images, such as icons, menus, and dialog boxes on the screen. "

msgid "Graphical user interface"

#. "Two sets of lines or linear elements at right angles to each other. A spreadsheet is a grid of rows and columns."

msgid "Grid"

#. "A collection of elements that can be treated as a whole, such as a collection of records in a database report, or a collection of objects that can be moved and transformed as a single object in a drawing program. Also a collection of users who are referre"

msgid "Group"

#. "A collection of tools for creating screen widgets such as scrollbars, menus, checkbuttons, etc. in applications. GTK is used by all GNOME applications."

msgid "Gtk"

#. "Acronym for Graphical User Interface."

#. "The blank space or inner margin between two facing pages of a bound document."

msgid "Gutter"

#. "A person, more commonly considered a cracker, who uses computer expertise for illicit ends, such as by gaining access to computer systems without permission and tampering with programs and data. "

msgid "Hacker"

#. "Any token or pointer that a program can use to identify and access an object such as a device, a file, a window, a dialog box or any resource."

#. "A series of signals acknowledging that communication or the transfer of information can take place between computers or other devices. "

msgid "Handshake"

#. "A device containing one or more inflexible platters coated with material in which data can be recorded magnetically, together with their read/write heads, the head-positioning mechanism, and the spindle motor in a sealed case that protects against outside"

msgid "Hard Disk"

#. "1. In word processing or printing, text that is to appear at the top of pages. 2. Information attached to the beginning of data that contains information about the subsequent dara, such as a block of bytes in communications, a file on a disk, a set of rec"

msgid "Header"

msgid "Headword"

msgid "Hello World"

#. "An item on a menu bar in a graphical user interface that enables the user to access the help feature of the present application. "

msgid "Help"

#. "Using 16 rather than 10 as the base for representing numbers. The hexadecimal system uses the digits 0 through 9 and the letters A through F (uppercase or lowercase) to represent the decimal numbers 0 through 15. "

msgid "Hex"

#. "A file that, in order to protect it from deletion or modification, is not shown in the normal listing of the files contained in a directory. Such a file is often used to store code or data critical to the system configuration."

msgid "Hidden file"

#. "To temporarily remove the onscreen display of an application's active window while leaving the application running. "

msgid "Hide"

#. "A type of organization that, like a tree, branches into more specific units, each of which is 'owned' by the higher-level unit immediately above. "

msgid "hierachy"

#. "A visual indication that an object is in a special state, as by displaying it in reverse video (light on dark rather than dark on light, and vice versa) or with greater intensity. "

msgid "Highlight..."

#. "A chart consisting of horizontal or vertical bars, the widths or heights of which represent the values of certain data."

#. "A list of the user's actions within a program, such as commands entered in an operating system shell, menus passed through using Gopher, or links followed using a Web browser."

msgid "History"

#. "A beginning position, such as the top left corner of a character-based display, the left end of a line of text, cell A1 of a spreadsheet, or the top of a document."

msgid "Home"

#. "A directory assigned to the user by the system administrator. The home directory is the current directory when the user first logs in, and the user can return to it by entering the command cd (change directory) without a pathname. "

msgid "Home directory"

#. "1. A document intended to serve as a starting point in a hypertext system, especially the World Wide Web. 2. An entry page for a set of Web pages and other files in a Web site. "

msgid "Home Page"

#. "A computing milieu, usually within an organization, in which only one manufacturer's hardware and one manufacturer's software are used. "

#. "1. The main computer in a mainframe or minicomputer environment, that is, the computer to which terminals are connected. 2. In PC-based networks, a computer that provides access to other computers. 3. On the Internet or other large networks, a server comp"

msgid "Host"

#. "The name of a specific server on a specific network within the Internet."

msgid "Host name"

#. "Hot-keys are keyboard combinations used to do actions on a computer instead of using the mouse to do the same action. Hot-keys can speed up computer usage. Also known under the name <quote>keyboard shortcut</quote> or <quote>keyboard accelerator</quote>."

#, fuzzy

msgid "Housekeeping"

#. "Acronym for Hypertext Markup Language. The markup language used for documents on the World Wide Web. HTML is an application of SGML (Standard Generalized Markup Language) that uses tags to mark elements, such as text and graphics, in a document to indicat"

msgid "HTML"

#. "Hypertext Transfer Protocol; the protocol by which web pages and other web-accessible resources are delivered. Whenever you are browsing the Web, your browser uses HTTP to communicate with the Web server and request a Web page. HTTP is defined in <ulink  type='http' url='http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1945.txt'>RFC 1945</ulink> (HTTP 1.0) and <ulink type='http' url='http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2068.txt'>RFC 2068</ulink>  (HTTP 1.1)."

msgid "HTTP"

#. "In the HSB color model, one of the three characteristics used to describe a color. Hue is the attribute that most readily distinguishes one color from other colors. It depends on the frequency of a light wave in the visible spectrum. "

#. "A small picture used within a graphical user interface to indicate  a program, file, or other part of a computer system."

msgid "Icon"

#. "Synonymous with Identifier. "

#. "1. Operational but not in use. 2. Waiting for a command."

msgid "Idle"

#. "Not allowed, or leading to invalid results. For example, an illegal character in a word processing program would be one that the program cannot recognize; an illegal operation might be impossible for a program or system because of built-in constraints. "

#. "A stored description of a graphic picture, either as a set of brightness and color values of pixels or as a set of instructions for reproducing the picture. "

msgid "Image"

#. "The process of getting an application into operation."

#. "To bring information from one system or program into another. "

msgid "Import"

#. "In an environment capable of displaying multiple on-screen windows, any window other than the one currently being used for work. "

msgid "Increase"

#. "An update of those files only that have changed since a specific date."

#. "A dial or light that displays information about the status of a device, such as a light connected to a disk drive that glows when the disk is being accessed."

msgid "Indicator"

#. "The meaning of data as it is intended to be interpreted by people. Data consists of facts, which become information when they are seen in context and convey meaning to people. "

msgid "Information"

#. "The process of assigning initial values to variables and data structures in a program to prepare them for operation."

#. "Information entered into a computer or program for processing, as from a keyboard or from a file stored on a disk drive."

msgid "Input"

#. "The complementary tasks of gathering data for a computer or a program to work with, and of making the results of the computer's activities available to the user or to other computer processes. "

msgid "Input/output"

msgid "insensitive version"

#. "To set in place and prepare for operation. Operating systems and application programs commonly include a disk-based installation, or setup, program that does most of the work of preparing the program to work with the computer, printer, and other devices. "

msgid "Install"

#. "A register (small, high-speed memory circuit within a microprocessor) that contains the address (location) of the instruction to be executed next in the program sequence."

#. "1. The point at which a connection is made between two elements so that they can work with each other or exchange information. 2. Software that enables a program to work with the user (the user interface, which can be a command-line interface, menu-driven"

msgid "Interface"

msgid "Internal bug"

#. "Internet is the network of millions of computers all around the world, connected to each other by some hardware means (cables, wires, phone lines, communication satellites) and communicating with each other using some standard protocols. Internet makes it"

msgid "Internet"

#. "A signal sent from an I/O device to the processor rwhen an error has occurred or when assistance is needed to complete the I/O. When the processor receives an interrupt, it suspends its current operations, saves the status of its work, and transfers contr"

msgid "Invisible"

#. "A unique address assigned to each computer connected to  the <link linkend='internet'>Internet</link> or a local  network. Has the form <systemitem>a.b.c.d</systemitem>, where a,b,c,d are numbers from 0 to 255, subject to a number of rules  and convention. All communication between computers on the Internet is based on IP addresses; however, on a properly set up network you can instead use domain names (such as www.gnome.org), which are automatically transformed to IP addresses using <link linkend='dns'>Dom"

#. "A replaceable disk drive developed by Iomega fpr storing large quantities of data (500MB)."

msgid "Jaz Drive"

#. "A specified amount of processing performed as a unit by a computer. "

msgid "Job"

#. "Acronym for Joint Photographic Experts Group. An ISO/ITU standard for storing images in compressed form using a discrete cosine transform. "

#. "A desktop environment for UNIX and UNIX-like operating systems; one of two leading desktop environments for Linux (the other one is <link linkend='gnome'>GNOME</link>). For more infrmation visit <ulink type='http' url='http://www.kde.org'>KDE Web site</ul"

msgid "KDE"

#. "The core component of an operating system, responsible for basic operations such as accessing the files, input/output, managing the processor and memory resources, etc. All other tools, utilities, and applications use the kernel."

#. "On a keyboard, the combination of a plastic keycap, a tension mechanism that suspends the keycap but allows it to be pressed down, and an electronic mechanism that records the key press and key release. "

msgid "Key"

#. "A hardware unit with a set of switches that resembles a typewriter keyboard and that conveys information from a user to a computer or data communications circuit. "

msgid "Keyboard"

msgid "Keymap control"

#. "1. A characteristic word, phrase, or code that is stored in a key field and is used to conduct sorting or searching operations on records in a database. 2. Any of the set of words that composes a given programming language or set of operating-system routi"

msgid "Keyword"

#. "To stop or abort a process in a program or operating system. "

msgid "Kill"

#. "An application of such popularity and widespread standardization that it fuels sales of the hardware platform or operating system for which it was written. "

msgid "Kill app"