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- active window
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The topmost window; the window that is currently receiving mouse and keyboard input. Pre–Mac OS X, that window can be identified by the horizontal lines in its title bar.
- ADB Apple Desktop Bus.
- See [Apple Desktop Bus]
- AGP
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Accelerated Graphics Port, the slot for a video card on newer Macs.
- AIFF
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Audio Interchange File Format, the standard sound format on the Mac.
- AirPort
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Apple's wireless networking technology. There are AirPort cards, which fit into Macs, and AirPort Base Stations, which communicate with the cards.
- alert box
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A box that appears when the user is about to do something dangerous or if something has gone wrong.
- alias
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A file that points to another item, such as a file, folder, or application. When you double-click an alias, ...
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