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Autorun - The ability to have removable media (CD-ROM,
Floppy, etc...) automatically execute certain actions immediately
after the insertion of the media into a computer. Autorun
is commonly interchanged with the term "Autoplay",
which has the same meaning.
autorun.inf - A file used to signal a computer that
the media it resides on is an Autorun media. The file contains
information such as what the icon of a CD-ROM will look like,
and what program to execute after the CD is inserted.
Context Menu - The item-specific menu that appears
when a user right-clicks on an item. The item clicked on my
be a file, CD-ROM, etc... Context menus usually vary from
item to item, depending on what was clicked. The term "popup
menu" is commonly interchanged with Context Menu, which
has the same meaning.
Relative Path - A partial path to a specified file,
relative to the directory where the search is initially performed.
The relative path to a file would be "file.exe"
instead of an absolute path such as "c:\program files\file.exe"
Absolute Path - A complete path to a specified file,
including the drive and all parent directories. The absolute
path to a file would be "c:\program files\file.exe"
instead of a relative path such as ".\file.exe"
Hotkey - A keyboard shortcut that can be used in selection
of a menu item, as apposed to the clicking of a mouse. A common
hotkey is pressing the windows key and 'E' key simultaneously
to open windows explorer. Hotkeys are commonly used in popup
menus.
Emulator - A software application which enables the
computer to "emulate" a piece of hardware, fooling
the computer into thinking that the hardware, such as a CD-ROM,
is attached to it. Emulators are often used in situations
where there is no CD-ROM present, as in the case of some laptops,
or to test an image of a CD-ROM created by CD burning software
such as Nero or Roxio EZ-CD Creator.
System Registry - The central repository Microsoft
Windows uses to store all of a system's settings.
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