H
- hard disk
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A magnetic storage medium for computer data. Also called a hard drive. The word hard is used to differentiate it from floppy disks. In common usage, a hard disk is the big disk inside your Mac.
- hardware
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The physical elements of the computer. The processor, the printer, the disks, or the monitor, for example.
- HFS
- See [Hierarchical File System]
- HFS+
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Hierarchical File System Plus.
- Hierarchical File System
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Usually referred to as HFS, this was the standard file format for the Macintosh, which Apple now officially calls the Mac OS X Standard Format. HFS+ is the standard for Mac OS 8 and 9 and X, and Apple calls it Mac OS Extended Format.
- home folder
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In Mac OS X, each user of the system gets a home folder to store files, music, documents, ...
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