User's Manual

Glossary
Task
A step or program executed by the computer.
Task Manager
A system program in Windows that can be used to view the
running programs, and to force them to quit if need be. The
Task Manager is accessed by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del in many
Windows versions.
Taskbar
Part of the Windows user interface from which the most
important program functions can be activated and where
buttons can be found for all active applications.
Temporary files
Files that are needed for a short time to save data until the
user or system is done processing it. Temporary files are
usually deleted automatically as soon as the corresponding
action or process is ended properly.
Temporary paging file
A paging file that is only created by Windows when needed.
This file has a different size depending on the current needs
of the system and is usually stored at a different location each
time it is created (see permanent paging file).
True Type Font (TTF)
The invention of movable type by Johann Gutenberg brought
about a revolution in printing by making economical text
reproduction possible for the first time. Since the beginning of
the DTP boom, print has again been undergoing a revolution
that has been shaped significantly by True Type technology
and PostScript Type 1 fonts. Both font technologies are not
described in the form of dot patterns, but by means of vectors,
which makes it possible to scale them without a loss in
quality. The file extension for these fonts is .ttf.
Virtual memory
Also called disk swapping. The temporary relocation of
currently unneeded data from main memory to the hard disk.
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