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Graves Desktop Terms
Graves Desktop and Windows Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| This keeps similar things together. | Folder |
| A list of commands or options | Menu |
| The window you can effect on the computer. | Active Window |
| This makes the window collapse into the task bar (the start bar at the bottom). It is located in the upper right hand corner of a window. | Minimize Box |
| This will increase the size of a window to its full size (full-screen) and is located in the upper right corner of a window. | Maximize Box |
| This will make a window return to its non-maximized size and is located in the upper right corner of a window. | Restore Down Box |
| Located in the upper right-hand corner of a window and will close (exit) a window. | Close Box |
| This moves the contents in a window vertically. | Vertical Scroll Box |
| This moves the contents of a window horizontally. | Horizontal Scroll Box |
| This is the on-screen background. It is the screen that is displayed when there are no programs active. | Desktop |
| This is a small picture that represents a file, folder, or action. | Icon |
| A marker on the screen that shows where current input or output is going to happen. It may appear as a blinking vertical line, a solid blinking box, an underline, or an arrow. | Cursor |
| The name of a file is located here at the top of a window. To move a window, click on this and drag. | Title Bar |
| On a Windows computer, this is a bar at the bottom of the desktop that contains currently open documents and the Start Menu. | Task Bar |
| An organized series of bits, stored as a unit, that can be grouped together in folders. | Files |