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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2006-03-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Operating Systems (Software)
OBS

Terminology of window elements, menus, dialog boxes, message boxes other GUI screen elements, keys, user actions, and applications for Microsoft Windows.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'exploitation (Logiciels)
OBS

Terminologie des éléments à fenêtre, menus, boîtes de dialogue et de message, autres éléments d'écran IUG, touches, interventions utilisateur et applications de Microsoft Windows.

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computers and Calculators
DEF

[A] microcomputer that is small enough to fit on the top of a desk.

OBS

These units are as powerful as units that filled rooms only a few years ago.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ordinateurs et calculateurs
DEF

Ordinateur de petite taille travaillant en mono-programmation ou en mode autonome.

OBS

Cet appareil n'est pas destiné à être transporté (par opposition à l'ordinateur portable ou portatif).

OBS

Ces petits ordinateurs ont la puissance qu'avaient, autrefois, les gros ordinateurs.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Computadoras y calculadoras
DEF

Computadora autónoma, que puede ser portátil y que por lo general, consiste de una unidad de sistema, una pantalla de visualización, un teclado, una o varias unidades de disquetes, un disco fijo rígido de almacenamiento interno y una impresora opcional.

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Record 3 2004-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Display Technology
  • Electronic Publishing
CONT

The desktop refers to an on-screen representation of a user's desktop in icon/mouse-oriented operating environments.

CONT

Consider the Macintosh screen as a flat work surface with the physical qualities of a desktop. File folders and documents can be put anywhere on the desktop, then moved to make room for others of immediate interest or stacked according to whim. There is absolute latitude to be compulsive about order of as free as the breeze in arranging what you keep on the desktop.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques d'affichage (Ordinateurs)
  • Éditique
CONT

Considérez l'écran de votre Macintosh comme la surface de votre bureau, car il en a toutes les caractéristiques physiques. Vous y trouvez des classeurs, des documents, des papiers éparpillés un peu partout; vous allez les écarter, les empiler ou les jeter pour faire de la place aux sujets d'intérêt immédiat. Tous les progiciels, quelle que soit la compagnie qui les ait conçus doivent satisfaire à ce concept de plan de travail que vous organisez à volonté.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Técnicas de visualización (Computadoras)
  • Publicación electrónica
DEF

En la interfaz del usuario de gráficos es una representación hecha por la computadora (ordenador) de las tareas diarias, como si el usuario estuviera viendo un escritorio repleto de cuadernos llenos de trabajos por hacer.

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