Quick Look at Terminal


Terminal

The Windows communications application. With Terminal, you can connect your computer to other computers and exchange information. For example, you can use Terminal to hook up to an online news service or to online bulletin boards.


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title bar

Contains the title of the application running in the window, in this case Terminal.

Drag the title bar to move the window.


Minimize button

Click the Minimize button to shrink the Terminal window to an icon.


Maximize button

Click the Maximize button to enlarge the Terminal window to its maximum size.


File Menu


Edit Menu


Settings Menu


Phone Menu


Transfers Menu


Help Menu


menu bar

Contains the names of all the Terminal menus.

Click a menu name to display commands.


text

Appears in the Terminal window when you view, send, and receive information.

Select text by dragging the pointer across it.


Terminal cursor

Indicates where text will appear. The cursor appears blinking, block, or underlined, depending the options you specify.

Text appears in the window when you view, send, and receive information.


application window

The main window for an application, in this case the Terminal window. The Terminal application window contains text you are viewing, sending, or receiving.


status bar

Shows status information when you view or transfer a file.

Depending on the type of file or tranfer, the status bar might show:

Stop, Pause, and Resume buttons.

A ruler indicating how much of the file has been received, sent, or shown.

The filename.


scroll arrow

An arrow on either end of a scroll bar used to move the contents of the window or list box into view.

Click a scroll arrow to move the contents into view.


scroll bar

A bar that appears at the right and/or bottom edge of a window whose contents aren't completely visible. Each scroll bar contains two scroll arrows and a scroll box for moving the contents of the window or list box.

In Terminal, you can turn scroll bars on or off.

Click a scroll bar to move the contents one screen.


scroll box

A box used to move quickly to a particular location in a file or list.

Drag the scroll box to move to another location.


function keypad

Enters text you assign or executes communications commands.

You can assign text such as a password or control codes to each key in the keypad.

Click the key in the keypad to choose a function.


level key

Switches to the next level of keys you've assigned in your function keypad. You can specify up to four levels of keys.

Click the level key to see a different set of keys in your function keypad.


time key

Shows the time or the timer.

Use the timer to show how long your communications session is lasting.

Click the time key to switch between the time and the timer.


window border

The outside edge of a window.

Drag the window border to change the size of the window.