Glossary
organization is authorized to use. See also user ID, password.
user ID The name the computer uses to identify you. Your system administrator assigns you a user ID. Enter your user ID during the login procedure when the system displays the login prompt See also user account.
username The name that the system recognizes as uniquely yours. Also known as your “login name.” The username is also the name that identifies you to the mail system and other software requiring secure entry.
utility See utility program.
utility program A program provided with the operating system to perform a frequently required task, such as printing a file or displaying the contents of a directory See also command, shell command.
W
window A rectangular area of the screen for viewing information. HP CDE allows you to create several types of windows on the screen. Each window is a separate
computing environment in which you may execute programs, edit text, display graphical images, etc. See also Workspace Manager.
Window Manager The HP CDE program that controls the size, placement, and operation of windows.
working directory See current working directory.
Workspace What the screen becomes when you start HP CDE. Although you can hide the workspace under terminal windows or other graphic objects, you can never position anything behind the workspace. All windows and graphic objects appear stacked “on top of” the workspace See also HP Common Desktop Environment, terminal window.
Workspace Manager The program that controls the size, placement, and operation of windows on the HP CDE Workspace. The Workspace Manager is a special Window Manager See also Window Manager.
