This page is a working list of terms used within the help pages.
abort - Stop a function before it has finished in a normal manner.
action - The result of a command generally initiated from the menu or keyboard.
active window - The currently selected window against which actions can be performed.
cascaded style - An internal window arrangement where the active window partially overlays the recessive window{s}.
chord - The left and right mouse buttons are simultaneously pressed.
command - An instruction to perform a specific task.
custom mode - A window mode in which the active window is always the same size, regardless of which window is active.
daemon - A process that runs in the background and performs a specified operation at predefined times or in response to certain events.
debug - Find errors (bugs) in program code where an instruction conflicts with other elements of the code.
dialog window - A window which displays information and/or retrieves input from the user.
directory - An organizational unit used to organize files into a hierarchical structure. It contains information about files beneath it in the hierarchy. Some graphical user interfaces use the term folder instead of directory.
drive - A volume referred to by its drive letter.
execute - Perform an action, as in executing a program or a command.
expanded window - A window which has been enlarged to fill the internal windows area of the FS/2 display.
extended selection mode - Allows selection of multiple contiguous files.
fatal error - A unrecoverable type of program error that requires the program be shut down.
file extension - One or several characters after the last period (dot) in a file name that generally indicate the type of information stored in the file.
full stacked style - An internal window arrangement where all windows are sized to the maximum size that will fit in the parent frame window client space.
internal windows - Component windows of the FS/2 frame window, including the Drive, Directory and File windows.
logical volume manager - An OS application that manages the use of partitions.
mode - The state or setting of a function which implies that the setting can be changed.
multiple selection mode - Allows selection of multiple noncontiguous files.
operation - A manipulation of files and/or directories, such as copy or move.
path - A sequence of subdirectories separated by backslashes, starting with the drive letter, colon and root directory that identifies a directory in its hierarchical structure.
pathname - a path and file name that identifies a file.
partition - A section of a physical drive, usually defined by cylinders or byte size.
popup menu - A context menu, activated by using the RMB click in windows that have such a menu. Activated by Shift+F10 from the keyboard.
pulldown menu - The menu located immediately below the title bar in windows that have menus. Commonly know as the Action Bar menu. When clicked, a drop-down submenu list of menu options is displayed.
recessive window - Any internal window which is not the active window.
refresh - Update a display or list to current content. i.e. refresh the Drives list.
root directory - The topmost directory on a drive or volume.
scan - Read the file and directory data from a disk.
stacked style - An internal window arrangement where the first MDI window is sized to the maximum size that will fit in the parent frame window client space. Any other internal MDI windows are offset downward by the height of the titlebar, leaving all titlebars showing.
subdirectory - A directory that is below another directory in a hierarchical structure. All directories are technically subdirectories with the exception of the root directory.
subwindow - A window within a window, i.e. the Data Panel window is a subwindow of the application window. The Data Panel window also contains 11 subwindows.
task - Work performed by a function.
thread - Code executed independent of other code.
tiled style - An internal windows arrangement where the windows are positioned with no overlap, either over-under, side-by-side or both.
volume - One or more partitions assigned a drive letter by the operating system or the logical volume manager.