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Virus |
A program written by individuals which generally causes problems. Viruses must be imported into your computer, either by using an infected disk (3½ floppy) or through the Internet. |
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wallpaper |
The background on your desktop. You can select a background from bitmaps and HTML documents included in Windows 98, or you can choose from your own files. |
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Web browsing software |
Software you use to explore the World Wide Web, HTML documents, and other information sources. Internet Explorer is the Web browsing software included with Windows 98. |
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Web page |
A location on the World Wide Web, usually a part of a Web site. The term "Web page" is sometimes used to describe any HTML document. |
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Web site |
A group of related Web pages. |
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Web style |
A desktop display option. In Web style, you can navigate your computer by using such Web conventions as single-clicking. |
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window |
The rectangular portion of your screen that displays an open program or the contents of a folder or disk. You can have multiple windows open at the same time. |
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Explorer |
A feature you can use to view the contents of your computer and network drives in a hierarchical or tree structure. |
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wizard |
A tool that walks you through the steps of a complex task. |
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Word processor |
A program designed to create letters, reports, books, papers, flyers, etc.
Word, WordPerfect, AmiPro are just some of the word processing programs available. |
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workgroup |
A set of networked computers that typically share the same resources, such as printers. A network can be comprised of many workgroups. See network. |
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World Wide Web (the Web) |
The graphical, multimedia portion of the Internet. The Web is comprised of millions of Web pages. To explore the Web, you use Web browsing software. |
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Wrap |
When you are typing a line of text, and there is not enough room for a word to be inserted, the program will automatically move the last word onto a new line.
You should only hit the ENTER key when you want force a new line.
You can also wrap text around pictures in a variety of way.
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