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red moose |
contacting Canadian Mind Products née Consolidated Moose Pasture |
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home |
Go to the mindprod.com home
page. |
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left arrow |
Go to the previous page, one higher up in the hierarchy, closer to the home
page. |
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right arrow |
Go to the next page in a set of closely related pages. At the bottom left of
the page when available. |
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magnifying glass |
Bring up a frame to do a quick find of an item in the current Mindprod
glossary. |
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Babelfish |
Translate this page into another language. Babelfish
is a reference to Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas
Adams. |
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full screen |
Remove the frame for doing quick finds. Go back to full screen mode. |
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large Google magnifying glass |
Search Google for the topic of the current page. |
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magnifying glass with + |
Zoom, change magnification. |
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down arrow |
Jump to the bottom of the page |
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up arrow |
Jump to the top of the page |
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chasing arrows |
Links to related material. |
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small
chasing arrows |
In an index, indicates an empty cross-referencing entry that points to the
real entry. Also indicates the main redirect link to the main body of the
discussion. |
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blue
Wiki arrow |
HTTP link to something outside the mindprod.com
website. |
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Wiki flower |
HTTP link to the WikiPedia website. |
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brown Wiki arrow |
FTP link to something outside the mindprod.com
website. |
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Acrobat logo |
Link to Adobe PDF document outside the mindprod.com
website. |
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sledge hammer |
Link to Sourceforge.net |
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yellow star |
view newsgroup via Google Groups. |
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orange star |
view newsgroup via a conventional newsreader. |
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pencil |
Link to a major essay. |
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nutshell |
Concise summary. |
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onion |
Very bad product to be avoided. The term onion
came originally from Jerry Pournelle. |
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orchid |
Very good product. Highly recommended. The term orchid
came originally from Jerry Pournelle. |
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raspberry |
Bronx cheer. Warning of a fault or gotcha. |
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strawberry |
Something I love or recommend. |
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green plus |
advantage |
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red minus |
disadvantage |
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rat |
Something dishonest or crooked. |
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Sun |
Something from Sun Microsystems, the creators of Java. |
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bug |
A bug, or bug report. |
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curve ahead |
a gotcha. Something that behaves quite differently than you would expect. |
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sprout, new leaf |
Something new. |
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fresh green leaf |
a coding tip. |
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light bulb |
Idea how to improve something. |
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broken link |
A link I know to be broken for which I have no replacement. If you know of
one, please let me know. |
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belly up turtle |
Tombstone for defunct company or product. |
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elephant |
A very large web page. It will take some time to load. |
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coffee bean |
Java needed to view this page. |
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Euro |
CurrCon Java Applet used to display prices in international currencies on
this page. |
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listing |
Link to a program source code listing. |
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A |
Link to documentation about an AWT component. |
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tire swing |
Link to to documentation about a Swing component. |
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grey butterfly |
Link to documentation about a Collection class. |
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microscope |
Link to get more detail about a product. |
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green down arrow |
Link to download something. |
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Go ball |
Link to execute something online as an Applet or Java Web Start application. |
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shopping cart |
Buy something online. |
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rose |
Advertisement or affiliate. A company that pays
me a commission if you buy something (or sometimes just click through) to their
site. The Google ads also pay for click
throughs. Google ads, Amazon and Out
Personals in particularly pay the ISP bills. Without them I could not afford
the expensive hobby of hosting this website. |
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green check mark |
Means yes, correct or true. Used in comparition charts. |
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red X |
Means no, incorrect or false. Used in comparition charts. |
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amber ? |
Means unknown, information not available. Used in comparition charts. |
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blue Democrat donkey |
Means Democrat. Used in tables. |
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red Republican elephant |
Means Republican. Used in tables. |
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dollar sign |
Something you need to pay for. |
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blue dolphin |
Something free you don’t have to pay for. |
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red push pin |
something important |
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ring binder |
journal |
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red triangle road caution sign |
caution |
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computer |
Computer Buyers’ Glossary |
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rainbow butterfly |
gay glossary |
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coffee cup |
Java glossary |
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snail |
slow |
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mailbox |
postal mailing address |
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phone |
telephone number, phone list |
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fax |
fax number |
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snowflake |
website URL |
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ID card |
vCard |
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certificate |
public Java code-signing certificate |
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lock |
public PGP encryption keys |
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rainbow ball |
gay |
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red ball |
list of instructions |
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ssl |
link to an secure https page. |
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Applet |
link to an Applet |
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Java Web Start |
link to a Java Web Start app |
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JDK |
Java Development Kit |
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JDE |
Java Runtime Environment |
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bgloss |
link to something in the buyers’ glossary |
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ggloss |
link to something in the gay and black glossary |
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jgloss |
link to something in the Java glossary |
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project |
link to a student project |
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Jesus Fish |
quotation by a Christian on religious matters. |
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bible |
something in the bible |
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Star of David |
quotation by a Zionist on matters concerning Israel. |
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find |
find/search |
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flame |
something controversial. Strong opinions. |
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palette |
Acknowlegments for art work. |
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quote |
introduces a quotation. There is no corresponding close quote icon. |
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squirrel |
caching |
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blue whale |
animal rights |
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woodpecker |
“If builders built buildings the way programmers write programs, then the
first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization.”
~ Weinberg’s
Second Law |
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