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HP Visual User Environment
A user interface that draws a graphical layer over the complexities of
the other layers of the system (the hardware, operating system, and X
Window system), enabling you to control your workstation by direct-
ly manipulating graphical objects instead of by typing commands at a
command–line prompt.
HP VUE
See HP Visual User Environment.
icon
A small, graphic representation of an object. Objects can be “ico-
nized” (turned into icons) to clear a cluttered workspace. Icons can be
restored to their original appearance when needed. Whatever pro-
cesses are executing in an object continue to execute when the object
is iconized.
iconify
See iconize.
iconize
To turn a window or shell into an icon. See also icon.
Initial System Loader
The program that actually controls the loading of the operating sys-
tem.
input device
Any of several pieces of hardware equipment used to give informa-
tion to a system. Examples are the keyboard and the mouse. See also
output device.