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  2. Hang (computing) - Wikipedia

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    In many cases programs may appear to be hung, but are making slow progress, and waiting a few minutes will allow the task to complete. Modern operating systems provide a mechanism for terminating hung processes, for instance, with the Unix kill command, or through a graphical means such as the Task Manager's "end task" button in Windows (select the particular process in the list and press "end ...

  3. Magic SysRq key - Wikipedia

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    Forcibly "just thaw it" – filesystems frozen by the FIFREEZE ioctl. j: h: j: n: Kill all processes on the current virtual console (can kill X and SVGAlib programs, see below) This was originally designed to imitate a secure attention key: k: t: k: e: Shows a stack backtrace for all active CPUs. l: n: l: i: Output current memory information to ...

  4. Mouse button - Wikipedia

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    A mouse button is an electric switch on a computer mouse which can be pressed (“clicked”) to select or interact with an element of a graphical user interface. Mouse buttons are most commonly implemented as miniature snap-action switches (micro switches).

  5. Pointing device gesture - Wikipedia

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    The mouse gesture for "back" in Opera – the user holds down the right mouse button, moves the mouse left, and releases the right mouse button.. In computing, a pointing device gesture or mouse gesture (or simply gesture) is a way of combining pointing device or finger movements and clicks that the software recognizes as a specific computer event and responds to accordingly.

  6. Button (computing) - Wikipedia

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    Different types of buttons in GTK. In computing, a button (sometimes known as a command button or push button) is a graphical control element that provides the user a simple way to trigger an event, like searching for a query at a search engine, or to interact with dialog boxes, like confirming an action. [1]

  7. Fix problems sending AOL Mail

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    If you're using an older or outdated browser, such as Internet Explorer, you may need to access AOL Mail from a different browser. If you don't have an updated or supported browser installed on your computer, you'll need to update your existing browser or download a new one. Check your display name:

  8. Windows wait cursor - Wikipedia

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    There are two uses for the wait cursor: short term and long term. The wait cursor is a shared resource in the system across applications and windows. By default, when the mouse cursor is in a window, the cursor shown is controlled by the window's registered window class and handling of WM_SETCURSOR. Different scenarios can be used instead. [2]

  9. Xmouse - Wikipedia

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    The behavior is similar to mouse control in X Windows. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Where normal Windows and X11 mouse control uses single-click for selection and double-click to open/edit/etc, the xmouse system automatically selects objects after hovering the mouse over the object for a certain period of time (often one second).