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find |
find/search |
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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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Google search logo |
Search the entire web with 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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green triangle |
Bullet for a list of items in ascending order. |
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red triangle |
Bullet for a list of items in descending order. |
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rainbow ball |
gay |
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red ball |
list of instructions |
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green ball with + |
an advantage |
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red ball with - |
a disadvantage |
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small leaf |
a tip |
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A |
Link to documentation about an AWT component. |
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tire swing |
Link to documentation about a Swing component. |
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elephant |
A very large web page. It will take some time to load. |
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pencil |
a major essay. |
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coffee bean |
Java needed to view this page. |
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listing |
Link to a program source code listing. |
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grey butterfly |
Link to documentation about a Collection class. |
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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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Euro |
CurrCon Java Applet used to display prices in international currencies on
this page. |
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blue
Wiki arrow |
HTTP link to something outside the mindprod.com
website. |
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ssl |
link to an secure https page. |
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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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shopping cart |
Link to buy something online. |
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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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blog |
link to a blog. |
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Applet |
link to where you can run an Applet. |
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Java Web Start |
link to a where you can launch a Java Web Start app |
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listing |
link to browse a source listing |
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green connectivity star |
link to ASP PAD XML program description |
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FastStone red and green triangle logo |
link to a screenshot prepared with FastStone capture. |
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orange Greek sigma |
Link to a text summary precis of a program. In math, the sigma symbol means
add up a list of things, effectively compacting their information into one
number. |
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tortoise |
Link to a to a Subversion source code repository usually using Tortoise
Subversion client. |
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compression clamp |
link to download a zip archive file. |
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chasing arrows |
Links to related material. |
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microscope |
Link to get more detail about a product. |
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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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bug |
Link to a bug report, usually at Sun. |
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strawberry |
Something I love or recommend. |
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raspberry |
Bronx cheer. Warning of a fault or gotcha. |
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green plus |
advantage |
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red minus |
disadvantage |
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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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snail |
slow |
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rat |
Something dishonest or crooked. |
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red push pin |
something important |
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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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red triangle road caution sign |
caution |
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nutshell |
Concise summary. |
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flame |
something controversial. Strong opinions. |
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Sun |
Something from Sun Microsystems, the creators of Java. |
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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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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 comparison charts. |
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amber ? |
Means unknown, information not available. Used in comparition charts. |
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blue ! |
Means mandatory, information you must provide. |
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bell |
Means optional, (bells and whistles). |
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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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snowflake |
website URL |
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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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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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coffee cup |
Java glossary |
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computer |
Computer Buyers’ Glossary |
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rainbow butterfly |
gay glossary |
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Sun |
Learning more. Links to Sun website documentation and tutorials. |
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books |
descriptions of books and where you can buy them. |
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under the hood |
how something works inside. |
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blue down arrow |
Downloads information. |
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Go ball |
Area with information on how to run an Applet or Java Web Start application
on line. |
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ring binder |
journal |
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quote |
introduces a quotation. There is no corresponding close quote icon. |
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bible |
something in the bible |
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atheist A |
quotation by an atheist |
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evolution stages |
quotation by an evolutionist |
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Jesus fish |
quotation by an ardent Christian |
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Star of David |
quotation by a Zionist on matters concerning Israel. It is not used for
people who are merely Jewish. |
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bat |
quotation by a batty person — some who usually expresses batty, absurb,
paranoid or blood thirsty ideas, i.e. someone whose ideas I do not endorse even
though I quote them. |
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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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JDK |
Java Development Kit |
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JRE |
Java Runtime Environment |
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blue whale |
animal rights |
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tire swing |
Swing GUI components |
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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 (born: 1933 age: 76) |
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