HP Compaq Presario,Presario 5000 User Manual page 229

Windows taskbar The gray bar across the
bottom of the screen that you see when
your computer completes startup. The
Start button is on the left end of the
taskbar, and the systray (a tray with icons
and the computer clock) is on the right.
Programs that are running but minimized
into buttons are displayed in the middle of
the taskbar.
wizard Part of a program that guides you
through a complex process, such as signing
up with an Internet service provider or
posting a Web site to a server. Most
programs on CD-ROMs have wizards to
guide you through the installation process.
World Wide Web A system of Internet
servers that supports documents formatted
in HTML. See HTML. See also server.
Zip disk High-capacity, removable storage
media made by Iomega Corporation.
Zip drive The drive that reads and writes
to a Zip disk. A Zip drive can be internal
(installed inside the computer) or external
(a peripheral). An external Zip drive is
portable; it can be taken to a friend's house
or a client's office.
zipped file A file that has been squeezed
to a smaller size by compression software,
such as WinZip, developed by Niko Max
Computing. An archive (group of related
files that are zipped together) can be
transmitted as an e-mail attachment much
faster than individual files. An archive
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takes up less storage space on your disk
and can be identified by the file extension
.zip. An archive contains a self-extracting
program with the file extension .exe (for
executable). Double-click the executable
file, and a wizard guides you through the
process of unzipping the files. See file
extension and wizard.
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