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<glossary xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:db="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" version="5.0" xml:id="glossary-1" xml:lang="eo">
    <info><title xml:lang="en">Glossary</title></info>
  
  <glossentry xml:id="glossary-6">
    <glossterm xml:lang="en">applet</glossterm>
    <glossdef>
      <para xml:lang="en">An applet is a small, interactive application that resides
within a panel, for example the <application>Volume Control</application>. Each
applet has a simple user interface that you can operate with the mouse or
keyboard. </para>
    </glossdef>
  </glossentry>
  <glossentry xml:id="glossary-40">
    <glossterm xml:lang="en">desktop</glossterm>
    <glossdef>
      <para xml:lang="en">The part of the MATE Desktop where there are no interface
graphical items, such as panels and windows.</para>
    </glossdef>
  </glossentry>
  <glossentry xml:id="glossary-31">
    <glossterm xml:lang="en">desktop background</glossterm>
    <glossdef>
      <para xml:lang="en">The image or color that is applied to your desktop. </para>
    </glossdef>
  </glossentry>
  <glossentry xml:id="glossary-9">
    <glossterm xml:lang="en">desktop object</glossterm>
    <glossdef>
      <para xml:lang="en">An icon on your desktop that you can use to open your files,
folders, and applications. You can use desktop objects to provide convenient
access to files, folders, and applications that you use frequently.</para>
    </glossdef>
  </glossentry>
  <glossentry xml:id="glossary-20">
    <glossterm xml:lang="en">DNS name</glossterm>
    <glossdef>
      <para xml:lang="en">A unique alphabetic identifier for a computer on a network.</para>
    </glossdef>
  </glossentry>
  <glossentry xml:id="glossary-8">
    <glossterm xml:lang="en">drawer</glossterm>
    <glossdef>
      <para xml:lang="en">A drawer is a sliding extension to a panel that you can open
or close from a drawer icon. </para>
    </glossdef>
  </glossentry>
  <glossentry xml:id="glossary-fileextension">
    <glossterm xml:lang="en">file extension</glossterm>
    <glossdef>
      <para xml:lang="en">The final portion of a file's name, after the last period (.) in the name. For example, the file extension of the file <filename>picture.jpeg</filename> is <filename>jpeg</filename>.</para>
      <para xml:lang="en">The file extension can identify the type of file. <application>Caja</application> file manager uses this information when to determine what to do when you open a file. For more on this, see <xref linkend="caja-open-file"/>.</para>
    </glossdef>
  </glossentry>
  <glossentry xml:id="glossary-23">
    <glossterm xml:lang="en">format</glossterm>
    <glossdef>
      <para xml:lang="en">To format media is to prepare the media for use with a particular
file system. When you format media, you overwrite any existing information
on the media. </para>
    </glossdef>
  </glossentry>
  <glossentry xml:id="glossary-10">
    <glossterm xml:lang="en">MATE-compliant application</glossterm>
    <glossdef>
      <para xml:lang="en">An application that uses the standard MATE programming libraries
is called a MATE-compliant application. For example, <application>Caja</application> file manager and <application>pluma</application> text editor
are MATE-compliant applications.</para>
    </glossdef>
  </glossentry>
  <glossentry xml:id="glossary-21">
    <glossterm xml:lang="en">IP address</glossterm>
    <glossdef>
      <para xml:lang="en">A unique numeric identifier for a computer on a network.</para>
    </glossdef>
  </glossentry>
  <glossentry xml:id="glossary-25">
    <glossterm xml:lang="en">keyboard shortcut</glossterm>
    <glossdef>
      <para xml:lang="en">A <firstterm>keyboard shortcut</firstterm> is a key or combination
of keys that provides an alternative to standard ways of performing an action. </para>
    </glossdef>
  </glossentry>
  <glossentry xml:id="glossary-3">
    <glossterm xml:lang="en">launcher</glossterm>
    <glossdef>
      <para xml:lang="en">A launcher starts a particular application, executes a command,
or opens a file. A launcher can reside in a panel or in a menu.</para>
    </glossdef>
  </glossentry>
  <glossentry xml:id="glossary-11">
    <glossterm xml:lang="en">menubar</glossterm>
    <glossdef>
      <para xml:lang="en">A menubar is a bar at the top of an application window that
contains the menus for the application. </para>
    </glossdef>
  </glossentry>
  <glossentry xml:id="glossary-27">
    <glossterm xml:lang="en">MIME type</glossterm>
    <glossdef>
      <para xml:lang="en">A Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (MIME) type identifies
the format of a file. The MIME type enables applications to read the file.
For example, an email application can use the <literal>image/png</literal>
MIME type to detect that a Portable Networks Graphic (PNG) file is attached
to an email.</para>
    </glossdef>
  </glossentry>
  <glossentry xml:id="glossary-24">
    <glossterm xml:lang="en">mount</glossterm>
    <glossdef>
      <para xml:lang="en">To mount is to make a file system available for access. When
you mount a file system, the file system is attached as a subdirectory to
your file system. </para>
    </glossdef>
  </glossentry>
  <glossentry xml:id="glossary-4">
    <glossterm xml:lang="en">pane</glossterm>
    <glossdef>
      <para xml:lang="en">A pane is a subdivision of a window. For example, the <application>Caja</application> window contains a side pane and a view pane. </para>
    </glossdef>
  </glossentry>
  <glossentry xml:id="glossary-2">
    <glossterm xml:lang="en">preference tool</glossterm>
    <glossdef>
      <para xml:lang="en">A dedicated software tool that controls a particular part
of the behavior of the MATE Desktop.</para>
    </glossdef>
  </glossentry>
  <glossentry xml:id="glossary-5">
    <glossterm xml:lang="en">shortcut keys</glossterm>
    <glossdef>
      <para xml:lang="en">Shortcut keys are keystrokes that provide a quick way to perform
an action. </para>
    </glossdef>
  </glossentry>
  <glossentry xml:id="glossary-15">
    <glossterm xml:lang="en">stacking order</glossterm>
    <glossdef>
      <para xml:lang="en">The stacking order is the order in which windows are stacked
on top of each other on your screen. </para>
    </glossdef>
  </glossentry>
  <glossentry xml:id="glossary-13">
    <glossterm xml:lang="en">statusbar</glossterm>
    <glossdef>
      <para xml:lang="en">A statusbar is a bar at the bottom of a window that provides
information about the current state of what you are viewing in the window. </para>
    </glossdef>
  </glossentry>
  <glossentry xml:id="glossary-28">
    <glossterm xml:lang="en">symbolic link</glossterm>
    <glossdef>
      <para xml:lang="en">A special type of file that points to another file or folder.
When you perform an action on a symbolic link, the action is performed on
the file or folder to which the symbolic link points. </para>
    </glossdef>
  </glossentry>
  <glossentry xml:id="glossary-12">
    <glossterm xml:lang="en">toolbar</glossterm>
    <glossdef>
      <para xml:lang="en">A toolbar is a bar that contains buttons for the most commonly-used
commands in an application. Typically, a toolbar appears under a menubar.</para>
    </glossdef>
  </glossentry>
  <glossentry xml:id="glossary-29">
    <glossterm xml:lang="en">Uniform Resource Identifier</glossterm>
    <glossdef>
      <para xml:lang="en">A Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) is a string that identifies
a particular location in a file system or on the Web. For example, the address
of a web page is a URI.</para>
    </glossdef>
  </glossentry>
  <glossentry xml:id="glossary-19">
    <glossterm xml:lang="en">Uniform Resource Locator</glossterm>
    <glossdef>
      <para xml:lang="en">A Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is the address of a particular
location on the Web.</para>
    </glossdef>
  </glossentry>
  <glossentry xml:id="glossary-16">
    <glossterm xml:lang="en">view</glossterm>
    <glossdef>
      <para xml:lang="en">A <application>Caja</application> component that enables
you to display a folder in a particular way. For example, <application>Caja</application> contains an icon view which enables you to display the contents
of a folder as icons. <application>Caja</application> also contains a
list view which enables you to display the contents of a folder as a list. </para>
    </glossdef>
  </glossentry>
  <glossentry xml:id="glossary-7">
    <glossterm xml:lang="en">workspace</glossterm>
    <glossdef>
      <para xml:lang="en">A workspace is a discrete area in the MATE Desktop in which
you can work. </para>
    </glossdef>
  </glossentry>
</glossary>
