Compaq 1400 Laptop User Manual


 
G
LOSSARY
-14 P
RESARIO
N
OTEBOOK
B
EYOND
S
ETUP
G
UIDE
1400 S
ERIES
virus
A set of software instructions
written to harm computers. A virus can
cause unusual messa
g
es to displa
y
on the
screen, destro
y
information on the hard
disk, or cause
y
our hard disk to crash.
Some viruses affect
y
our computer
immediatel
y
; others are set to activate on a
certain date. See also anti-virus software.
:
WAV
A file format used to store sounds.
WAV sound files can be identified b
y
the
file extension .wav. Microsoft and IBM
developed the format for Windows
pro
g
rams that support sound.
Web
See World Wide Web.
Web browser
See browser.
window
A framed area that displa
y
s on
the Windows desktop after
y
ou select an
item or open a pro
g
ram.
Windows desktop
The main screen
y
ou
see when
y
our computer completes startup.
The desktop displa
y
s icons (small pictures)
that represent items in the operatin
g
s
y
stem (such as M
y
Computer and Rec
y
cle
Bin), shortcuts to pro
g
rams installed on
y
our computer, and shortcuts to folders or
files. See also shortcut.
Windows Explorer
A file mana
g
ement
pro
g
ram that lets
y
ou see the hierarch
y
of
folders on
y
our computer and all the files
and subfolders in each folder. Visualizin
g
the hierarch
y
is useful for cop
y
in
g
and
movin
g
files. You can open the folder that
contains the file
y
ou want to move or cop
y
,
click and dra
g
the file to a new folder, and
then drop it in. To find Windows Explorer,
click the Start button, and point to
Programs. You can create a shortcut to
Windows Explorer.
Windows taskbar
The
g
ra
y
bar runnin
g
alon
g
the bottom of the screen when
y
our
computer completes startup. The Start
button is on the left side of the taskbar, and
the s
y
stra
y
(a tra
y
with icons and the
computer clock) is on the ri
g
ht. Pro
g
rams
that are runnin
g
, but minimized into icons,
are displa
y
ed in the middle of the taskbar.
wizard
Part of a pro
g
ram that
g
uides
y
ou
throu
g
h a complex process, such as si
g
nin
g
up with an Internet service provider or
postin
g
a Web site to a server. Most
pro
g
rams on CD-ROMs have wizards to
g
uide
y
ou throu
g
h the installation process.
World Wide Web
A s
y
stem of Internet
servers that support documents formatted
in HTML. See also HTML.
=
zipped file
A file that has been squeezed
to a smaller size b
y
compression software,
such as WinZip. An archive (
g
roup of
related files that are zipped to
g
ether) can
be transmitted as an e-mail attachment
much faster than individual files. An