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- balloon help
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A feature of the Mac OS 9 and earlier that pops up cartoon balloons of descriptive text when the pointer pauses over an item.
- bandwidth
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The amount of data a system can deliver over a set period of time. High bandwidth is good.
- beta version
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A prerelease version of software or hardware for testing purposes only.
- BinHex
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Binary-to-hexadecimal. BinHex is a process for converting Mac OS files into ASCII files. It's mostly used for transferring files via e-mail or FTP.
- blessed System Folder
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In operating systems before Mac OS X, this is a valid System Folder (it's got a Finder and a System). It can usually be identified by the little Mac OS symbol on its folder icon
- browser
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An application for accessing and displaying pages on the World ...
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