Desktop metaphor
Desktop metaphor The desktop metaphor is a set of unifying concepts currently ... of GUI-based operating systems. In this metaphor, the monitor of a computer represents ...
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Talk:Desktop metaphor
Talk:Desktop metaphor I agree with the point that dynamic ... does this have to do with the desktop metaphor? In other words, since when does the filesystem sit on the desktop? --Hullbr3ach 18:42, 6 August 2005 ( ...
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Desktop
Desktop See also desktop computer. A desktop is the horizontal surface of a desk ... ships, airplanes, etc; often referred to as desktop model(s) The top of a desk ... Many graphical user interfaces (GUI) use a desktop metaphor. It consists of the screen ...
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Desktop publishing
Desktop publishing Desktop publishing (also known as DTP) combines a ... graphics, photos and other visual elements using desktop publishing software such as QuarkXPress, Adobe InDesign ... to a vendor for high-volume printing. Desktop publishing began in 1985 with the introduction ... for a personal computer system. The term "desktop publishing" is attributed to Aldus Corporation ...
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Desktop environment
Desktop environment In graphical computing, a desktop environment (DE) offers graphical user interface (GUI ... computer. The name is derived from the desktop metaphor used by most of these interfaces. A ... particularities of design and function of a desktop environment endow it with a distinctive ...
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Desktop (EDP)   (translated from German)
Desktop (EDP) That Desktop (dt. Work surface and/or. Desk plate ... graphischen user surfaces the work surface. With Desktop the lowest becomes Window level designated. The Desktop forms the basis of the in such a way specified Desk metaphor. On the Desktop several Icons can ...
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Desktop publishing   (translated from Dutch)
Desktop publishing Desktop publishing, or DTP, is treat and making ... brochures, and such, with use of pc . Desktop publishing software, such as QuarkXPress or Adobe ... printers can become used to make drukplaten. Desktop started publishing in 1985, with adding Thus ... lettertypes Type of 1 format. The term desktop publishing it is attributed to Paul ...
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Finder   (translated from Italian)
... neither less. It visualizes file system using metaphor of the desktop (desktop environment): for every folder or disc there ... effects, "cartelle" under MFS they are a metaphor created from the Finder, and they did ... empty it. Also the Basket was a metaphor, and it did not represent the ...
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Macintosh Finder
... file system that is rendered using the desktop metaphor - that is, the files and folders are ... appropriate icons, volumes are displayed on the desktop, and there is a trash can (on ... the Dock in OS X, on the desktop in previous versions) to which files can ... information would be lost after rebuilding the desktop, dumping all files into the root ...
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History of the graphical user interface
... 1981. Apple Lisa and Macintosh Macintosh Desktop (1984) Main article: Mac OS history Beginning ... successful product to use a GUI. A desktop metaphor was used, in which files looked like ... the 1980s, Digital Research developed the GEM Desktop GUI system. GEM was created as an ... present them as drawers of a virtual desktop just called Work... bench. Intuition was ...
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