Windows XP in a Nutshell, Second Edition

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. (dots), representing directories 2nd

! (exclamation point) as an FTP command

!IXGEN_DONT_EDIT_THIS! 2nd

& (concatenate) operator

' (quote) for VBScript comments

(...) (ellipses) on menu items and command buttons

* (wildcards)

*.* (wildcards), using cabinet files

+ (plus sign)

        changing folder/file attributes

        expanding Registry structure

- (minus sign)

        changing folder/file attributes

        collapsing Registry structure

.ico files

.jpg (Joint Photographic Experts Group)

.lnk files

.png (Portable Network Graphics)

.url files

.zip files

300 Mhz Pentium-II processor and 128 Mb of RAM, required for XP

32-bit applications in early Windows systems

32-bit Dynamic Link Libraries, dynamic linking to exported functions

64-bit Edition (XP)

802.11x (Wi-Fi), wireless networking standard

< (input)

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? (question mark)

        ? command (FTP)

        as a wildcard

\\> (output)

\\>\\> (redirection)

\\\\ (backslashes)

        directory names , separating

        Registry paths and

_ (continuation character)

’Instant On “

’Look In Lists “

’ nagware “

’Super-Fast User Switcher “

’What's This? “ (context menu)

(pipe)

~ (tilde), in short filenames