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A 'button' in a dialogue box on which the user can click in order to cause some event to
occur.
Advanced Disc Filing System - the standard RISC OS disc-based filing system.
The right-hand mouse button.
An icon at the bottom right corner of a window, which the user can drag to adjust the size
of the window.
An icon used in a dialogue box to increase or decrease an associated value, often shown in
an adjacent writable field.
A set of programs and accompanying resources having a specific purpose, and represented by a
single icon.
A directory holding the programs and resources that form an application.
A set of applications supplied with every RISC OS-based computer.
The name of the processor used to run RISC OS. It is now developed by Advanced RISC
Machines Limited.
An icon at the top left corner of a window, which the user can click to send the window to
the back of the desktop.
A vertical red cursor shaped like a capital 'I'. See Cursor.
Any printable number, letter, or symbol.
The 'Command Line Interpreter', which gives users control of the computer using a
traditional command line.
One of the small icons in the title bar of some windows. Click in it to close the
window.
An indication of the current position in the text. It appears as a vertical bar. Any
characters that are typed will appear at the cursor position.
The condition of a feature as set by the computer or by the software at the beginning of a
new session.
The action taken if a user presses the Return key when a dialogue box is displayed.
The GUI supplied as a part of RISC OS.
A window containing various buttons, switches and editable fields which allows you to
control various facets of a program or the desktop.
A window showing the contents of a directory.
The action of clicking the mouse button twice in succession over a particular icon or part
of a window. Double-clicks are often used to initiate some kind of action, such as starting an
application.
The process of moving icons, windows, or the text cursor when selecting text. Whilst
dragging, a mouse button is held down as the mouse is moved.
Line art objects compatible with the display mechanism of Acorn Draw.
Emulator
Hardware or software that permits programs written for one computer to be run on another. Usually with
a different operating system.
A special type of dialogue box that gives information to the user, and requires
acknowledgement that it's been read.
The part of RISC OS that provides facilities for the user to control filing systems
from within the desktop.
A value associated with every file, that specifies the type of data that it contains.
A small icon to the right of the title bar of some windows. Clicking the full box will force
the window to become as large as possible, up to the size of the screen. If it is already full, clicking
the full box will return the window to the position it occupied before the full box was last clicked.
The time when a window first has the input focus, and hence contains the caret.
A 'Graphical User Interface' such as the RISC OS desktop.
A sealed unit containing a rigid disc spinning very fast, which can store a large amount of
information, and retrieve it at very high speeds.
A sprite displayed to show that an application running under the desktop has temporarily
taken over the computer to the exclusion of other applications.
A small graphic object (usually a sprite) used symbolically by the desktop. Amongst the
things an icon might typically represent are: an option or action within a dialogue box, a file, an
application, or a physical device.
The bar at the bottom of the screen used by the desktop to hold icons. These usually
represent applications or physical devices.
A menu produced as a result of the user clicking Menu over an icon on the icon bar.
What the window containing the caret is said to have, shown by changing the border colour of
the window
The last part of a pathname.
A list of options any of which can be chosen using the mouse. Almost all menus follow the
Acorn conventions so that using the Adjust mouse button on a menu retains the menu on-screen. This allows
alternative options to be tried easily.
The centre mouse button. Use it when you want to display a menu.
One available option or choice on a menu.
The small icon that moves when the mouse is moved. Its shape can change depending on what is
below it on screen.
A monitor that can change its scan rate in order to display much higher resolution images
than is possible with ordinary monitors.
The ability to run multiple tasks or applications at the same time. RISC OS is a
multi-tasking operating system.
A file of commands for execution by RISC OS.
A 'button' representing a switch, that can either be on or off.
A file or data that maps between the colours that are to be displayed on the screen and the
much larger number of potential colours.
A dialogue box that is attached to a particular window.
The name of a file including all the directories it is under from the root, or $ directory.
For example:
adfs::HardDisc4.$.!CogProgs.!Anagram1.Sprites
Pelmanism
Pelmanism is a very simple game, and as it's name implies, is a splendid
exercise for the memory. Its seams that the Pelmanism
Institute for the Scientific Development of Mind and Memory was in no way responsible for the game - only
the name.
A dialogue box that appears when the user chooses a menu item followed by an ellipsis. It
remains on screen when the parent menu has been closed, and may suspend its parent application until it
is filled in.
An icon on the desktop the movement of which is linked to the
mouse.
A menu within a dialogue box that normally just shows the currently selected option, but
that the user can make 'pop up' to choose an alternative option.
A RISC OS application used to print documents: several are supplied as part of the
Applications Suite.
One of a group of 'buttons', only one of which may be selected at once.
Reduced Instruction Set Computer: a design philosophy used in the ARM which implements only
the most frequently used processor instructions, and concentrates on making them execute at great
speed.
Acorn's operating system and GUI, supplied in ROM on all its current range of computers.
A number or description string which defines the appearance of the display: its resolution,
and the number of available colours.
An icon on the right-hand side of a window and/or the bottom, used to scroll
the contents of the window by a small amount.
An area on the right-hand side of a window and/or the bottom, used to scroll the contents of
the window, by approximately the height/width of the window.
A window within a dialogue box that shows a set of available options, and has icons with
which the user can scroll through the options before choosing one.
SCSI Filing System - a RISC OS filing system that uses a SCSI (Small Computer Systems
Interface) expansion card to communicate with external peripherals.
The left hand mouse button.
Sensorimotor
Of, relating to, or functioning in both sensory and motor aspects of body activity.
A bar on the right-hand side of a window and/or the bottom, used to scroll the contents of
the window.
A graphic object that is pixel-based (ie one that is defined as a bit-map).
An area of memory used and maintained by RISC OS for storing sprites.
A menu reached from another menu (its parent).
A RISC OS feature which lets you adjust the amount of memory allocated to various
functions, such as the fonts or the relocatable modules. See your RISC OS user guide for more
details.
The area at the top of a window which contains the window title. Holding down the mouse
button on the title bar allows the window to be dragged around the screen, and even off screen.
Like an on-off switch - press the key once and the function is on, then press it
again and it is off.
An icon at the top right corner of a window, which the user can click to toggle the size of
the window between a 'standard' size and a 'maximum' size.
Window or pane of tool icons from which a user may select a tool to use in an application. A
toolbox may be free-standing or attached to another window.
A dialogue box that appears as a submenu, and functions in the same way, disappearing when
the parent menu is closed.
The part of RISC OS that manages windows within the desktop, incidentally providing
much of its functionality.
A rectangular area of the desktop devoted to a particular function, such as a dialogue box,
directory display, editor window or error box.
The formal name for the Wimp.
A field in a dialogue box or displayed from a menu item within which the user can type text.
