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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
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<meta name="section" content="Main Help Pages"/>
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<link rel="home" type="text/css" href="index.html"/>
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<link rel="first" href="welcome.html"/>
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<link rel="last" href="dialogs.html"/>
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<title>Glossary</title>
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<form class="search" method="get" action="http://www.opera.com/support/search/index.dml" target="_blank">
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<input accesskey="i" name="name" id="name" size="12"/>
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<input accesskey="s" type="submit" value="Search on-line"/>
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<h1 id="glossary">Glossary</h1>
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<p>
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This glossary explains terms often referred to in Opera's help function.
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<table class="nice">
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<th>Term</th>
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<th>Explanation</th>
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<td>Access point</td>
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<td>Automatic folder-like way of organizing e-mail</td>
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<td>Accessibility features</td>
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<td>Functions (e.g. zoom and keyboard shortcuts) that make software easier to use</td>
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<td>Address bar</td>
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<td>The bar where you enter Web addresses (URLs)</td>
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<td>Bookmark</td>
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<td>Shortcut (stored in Opera's Hotlist) that can take you to a Web page</td>
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<td>Browser</td>
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<td>Computer software used to visit Web sites</td>
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<td>Certificate</td>
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<td>Used as an "ID card" between you and a secure Web service</td>
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<td>Clipboard</td>
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<td>Temporary storage place for text, images, or other information you copy, move, or paste e.g. into other applications</td>
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<td>Cookie</td>
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<td>Small file saved on your computer by a Web site in order to remember you</td>
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<td>Desktop</td>
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<td>The area behind all your applications on your computer screen</td>
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<td>Download</td>
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<td>To transfer a file from a remote computer to your computer</td>
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<td>Double-click</td>
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<td>To rapidly click your mouse button twice</td>
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<td>Drag and drop</td>
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<td>Moving things from one place to another using the mouse</td>
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<td>Frames</td>
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<td>Small Web documents that together build a full Web page</td>
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<td>Hotlist</td>
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<td>The area on the left with the Bookmarks, Mail, and Contacts icons</td>
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<td>Java</td>
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<td>Programming language developed by Sun Microsystems</td>
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<td>JavaScript</td>
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<td>Non-standardized programming language used to make Web pages more alive</td>
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<td>Messages</td>
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<td>Collective term for e-mail messages and news articles</td>
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<td>MIME</td>
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<td>Method used by servers to identify files it sends to your computer</td>
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<td>National domain</td>
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<td>Domains such as .no for Norway and .jp for Japan</td>
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<td>Personal bar</td>
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<td>Toolbar with quickly accessible links and search engines</td>
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<td>Pop-up</td>
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<td>A function that makes a new window "pop up" on your screen</td>
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<td>Preferences</td>
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<td>Options you can set in Opera</td>
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<td>Protocol</td>
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<td>A set of rules that define how computers communicate</td>
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<td>Proxy server</td>
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<td>A computer that can filter, change, or speed up information as it is passed between your computer and a Web server</td>
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<td>Right-click</td>
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<td>To click the right button on your mouse</td>
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<td>Server</td>
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<td>A computer that can send Web pages, e-mail, news, etc. to your computer</td>
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<td>Service provider (ISP)</td>
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<td>The organization that hosts your Internet services</td>
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<td>Session</td>
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<td>Saved representation of pages and application windows</td>
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<td>Skin</td>
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<td>Graphics that change or liven up the user interface</td>
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<td>Source</td>
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<td>Document that describes the content of a Web page</td>
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<td>Style sheet (CSS)</td>
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<td>A file that describes layout, fonts, and colors on a Web page</td>
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<td>Top-level domain</td>
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<td>Domains such as .org, .net, and .com</td>
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<td>Upload</td>
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<td>To transfer a file from your computer to a remote computer</td>
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<td>User interface</td>
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<td>Menus, dialogs, buttons, and input fields used to interact with software</td>
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<p class="copyright">Copyright © 1995 - 2003 Opera Software ASA. <span class="nowrap">All rights reserved.</span></p>
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