Translations by Ben Clifford

applet

The part of the GNOME Desktop where there are no interface graphical items, such as panels and windows.

desktop background

The image or color that is applied to your desktop.

desktop object

An icon on your desktop that you can use to open your files, folders, and applications. You can use desktop objects to provide convenient access to files, folders, and applications that you use frequently.

DNS name

A unique alphabetic identifier for a computer on a network.

drawer

A drawer is a sliding extension to a panel that you can open or close from a drawer icon.

file extension

The final portion of a file's name, after the last period (.) in the name. For example, the file extension of the file <filename>picture.jpeg</filename> is <filename>jpeg</filename>.

The file extension can identify the type of a file. <application>Nautilus</application> file manager uses this information when to determine what to do when you open a file. For more on this, see <xref linkend="nautilus-open-file"/>.

format

To format media is to prepare the media for use with a particular file system. When you format media, you overwrite any existing information on the media.

GNOME-compliant application

An application that uses the standard GNOME programming libraries is called a GNOME-compliant application. For example, <application>Nautilus</application> file manager and <application>gedit</application> text editor are GNOME-compliant applications.

IP address

A unique numeric identifier for a computer on a network.

keyboard shortcut

A <firstterm>keyboard shortcut</firstterm> is a key or combination of keys that provides an alternative to standard ways of performing an action.

launcher

A launcher starts a particular application, executes a command, or opens a file. A launcher can reside in a panel or in a menu.

menubar

A menubar is a bar at the top of an application window that contains the menus for the application.

MIME type

A Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (MIME) type identifies the format of a file. The MIME type enables applications to read the file. For example, an email application can use the <literal>image/png</literal> MIME type to detect that a Portable Networks Graphic (PNG) file is attached to an email.

To mount is to make a file system available for access. When you mount a file system, the file system is attached as a subdirectory to your file system.

pane

A pane is a subdivision of a window. For example, the <application>Nautilus</application> window contains a side pane and a view pane.

preference tool

A dedicated software tool that controls a particular part of the behavior of the GNOME Desktop.

shortcut keys

Shortcut keys are keystrokes that provide a quick way to perform an action.

stacking order

The stacking order is the order in which windows are stacked on top of each other on your screen.

A statusbar is a bar at the bottom of a window that provides information about the current state of what you are viewing in the window.

A special type of file that points to another file or folder. When you perform an action on a symbolic link, the action is performed on the file or folder to which the symbolic link points.

toolbar

A toolbar is a bar that contains buttons for the most commonly-used commands in an application. Typically, a toolbar appears under a menubar.

Uniform Resource Identifier

A Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) is a string that identifies a particular location in a file system or on the Web. For example, the address of a web page is a URI.

Uniform Resource Locator

A Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is the address of a particular location on the Web.

A <application>Nautilus</application> component that enables you to display a folder in a particular way. For example, <application>Nautilus</application> contains an icon view which enables you to display the contents of a folder as icons. <application>Nautilus</application> also contains a list view which enables you to display the contents of a folder as a list.

workspace

A workspace is a discrete area in the GNOME Desktop in which you can work.

This section contains information on reporting bugs in GNOME, making suggestions and comments about GNOME applications or documentation, and ways in which you can help GNOME.

Reporting Bugs

The easiest way to report bugs is by using <application>Bug Buddy</application>, GNOME's built-in bug reporting tool. This will launch automatically in the event that an application crashes. The details GNOME developers need are automatically collected, but you can further help by giving information about what you were doing when the crash took place.