Glossary

Button

In graphical user interfaces, a button is a small outlined area on the screen that you can click to select an option or command.

CHM

Compressed HTML Help file. The online Help Viewer, related help components, and help authoring tools from Microsoft Corporation are needed to display help content.Refer also to the glossary term «HTML Help».

Database

A collection of information organized in such a way that a computer program can quickly select desired pieces of data. You can think of a database as an electronic filing system.

Dialog box

A box that appears on a display screen to present information or request input. Typically, dialog boxes are temporary - they disappear once you have entered the desired information.

Docu bar

The tool bar in DocuCat is extended by the Docu bar. It contains the buttons Parts, Maintenance, Documentation, OEM and General. All information is cross-linked in the database and displayed in a standardized user interface. Thus you can access the different documentation types and the cross-linked information units.

Graphical user interface

A program interface that takes advantage of the computer's graphics capabilities to make the program easier to use. Well-designed graphical user interfaces can free the user from learning complex command languages.

HTML

Short for HyperText Markup Language, the authoring language used to create documents on the World Wide Web. HTML defines the structure and layout of a Web document by using a variety of tags and attributes.

HTML Help

Standard help system for the Windows platform. The HTML Help compiler (part of the HTML Help Workshop) makes it possible to compress HTML, graphic, and other files into a relatively small compiled help (.chm) file, which can then be distributed with a software application, or downloaded from the Web.

Hyperlink

An element in an electronic document that links to another place in the same document or to an entirely different document. Typically, you click on the hyperlink to follow the link. Hyperlinks are the most essential ingredient of all hypertext systems, including the World Wide Web.

Icon

Small picture that represents a command, file, or window. By moving the pointer to the icon and pressing a mouse button, you can execute a command or open the associated window.

A list of commands or options from which you can choose. You can choose an item from the menu by highlighting it and then pressing the Enter or Return key, or by simply pointing to the item with a mouse and clicking one of the mouse buttons.

Node

In tree structures, a point where two or more lines meet.

PDF

Short for Portable Document Format, a file format developed by Adobe Systems. PDF captures formatting information from a variety of desktop publishing applications. To view a file in PDF format, you need Adobe Acrobat Reader, a free application distributed by Adobe Systems.

Spare part

A part of a machine kept for use in emergency or replacement.

SVG

Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) is a language to characterize two-dimensional vector graphics in XML (W3C standard). In addition animations are supported by SVG. You can use external editors and viewers to view SVG files. The extension of a SVG file is *.svg, or *.svgz if it is compressed.

Tab

A projection from a card (page) used as an aid in filing.

TIF

Acronym for tagged image file format, one of the most widely supported file formats for storing bit-mapped images on personal computers (both PCs and Macintosh computers). TIFF graphics can be any resolution, and they can be black and white, gray-scaled, or color. Files in TIFF format often end with a «tif» extension.

Tooltip

Tooltips are hidden most of the time. They appear automatically, or pop up, when the user pauses the mouse pointer over a tool. The tooltip appears near the pointer and disappears when the user clicks a mouse button or moves the pointer away from the tool.

Window

An enclosed, rectangular area on a display screen. Most modern operating systems and applications have graphical user interfaces (GUIs) that let you divide your display into several windows. Within each window, you can run a different program or display different data.