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HZ way of publishing hypertext on the Internet, using many different c puters as servers for different parts of the information. See WORLD W WEB; HTML; BROWSER. Hyphenation hyphenation the practice of breaking words between syllables at the en a line so that the lines will be more nearly the same length. Most desktop publishing [...]

HTML HYPERLINK; IMAGE MAP. 3. the exact spot of a pointer (or any mouse cursor) that must touch an object in order to select it. The very tip of the arrow is the hot spot for the pointer. Hot-Swappable hot-swappable able to be replaced (swapped out) while a computer is pow- ered on and running. [...]

Hairline hairline a very thin line, usually about .003 inch wide. HAL FIGURE 124. Hairline and other line widths 1. in Windows NT and its derivatives, the Hardware Abstraction Layer, the component of the operating system responsible for low-level inter- action with the CPU and closely related hardware. 2. the fictional computer in the movie [...]

Guideline fairly. They play to lose, and they dish out insults, misinformation, and harassment in the process. Grokster Grokster a file sharing service found liable for inducing its users to violate copyright law, in the case Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios et al. v. Grokster (545 U.S. 913 (2005)), decided by the Supreme Court in 2005. See also [...]

Graphics (linear) or have the blend radiate from a central point (radial). See also FOUNTAIN FILL; UNIFORM FILL. FIGURE 120. Gradient fill tool (from Adobe PhotoShop) Grammar Checker grammar checker a part of a word processing program that flags sentences that violate rules of grammar. For example, in Microsoft Word, if you type “They is [...]

Fragmentation Fractal fractal a shape that contains an infinite amount of fine detail. That is, no matter how much a fractal is enlarged, there is still more detail to be revealed by enlarging it further. Fractals are common in nature; they are the shapes of clouds, coastlines, broken rocks, the edges of torn pieces of [...]

FORTRAN them, a FORTH interpreter can run very fast; in fact, there is little dif- ference between an interpreter and a compiler for FORTH. C FORTRAN IV program to C find sum of integers 1-100 INTEGER I, SUM SUM=0 DO 1 I=1, 100 1 SUM =SUM + I WRITE (6,2) SUM 2 FORMAT(1X,I5) STOP END [...]

FOAF that the length of the lines are allowed to vary. The right edge looks like a torn piece of paper—in other words, ragged. This is an example of some flush-left type. Flush left is how type is ordinarily arranged on a typewriter. Contrast CENTER; FLUSH RIGHT; JUSTIFICATION. Flush Right flush right an arrangement of [...]

Firewall in a 24-hour period, and it continues to gain popularity. See BROWSER, MOZILLA. firewall a link in a network that relays only data packets clearly intended and authorized to reach the other side. Firewalls are helpful in keeping com- puters safe from intentional hacker attacks and from hardware failures occurring elsewhere. They can be [...]

Eyeglasses, Computer eyeglasses, computer eyeglasses for viewing a computer screen two or three feet away. Most eyeglasses are designed for vision at a great dis- tance or for reading at about 18 inches (46 cm). Neither of these is suit- able for looking at a computer screen. Moreover, the screen cannot be seen properly through [...]