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  2. Checkbox - Wikipedia

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    A checkbox (check box, tickbox, tick box) is a graphical widget that allows the user to make a binary choice, i.e. a choice between one of two possible mutually exclusive options. For example, the user may have to answer 'yes' (checked) or 'no' (not checked) on a simple yes/no question .

  3. Booting - Wikipedia

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    In computing, booting is the process of starting a computer as initiated via hardware such as a physical button on the computer or by a software command. After it is switched on, a computer's central processing unit (CPU) has no software in its main memory , so some process must load software into memory before it can be executed.

  4. Bootstrapping - Wikipedia

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    The computer term bootstrap began as a metaphor in the 1950s. In computers, pressing a bootstrap button caused a hardwired program to read a bootstrap program from an input unit. The computer would then execute the bootstrap program, which caused it to read more program instructions.

  5. List of graphical user interface elements - Wikipedia

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    Common uses for widgets involve the display of collections of related items (such as with various list and canvas controls), initiation of actions and processes within the interface (buttons and menus), navigation within the space of the information system (links, tabs and scrollbars), and representing and manipulating data values (such as ...

  6. Microsoft UI Automation - Wikipedia

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    Automation Element objects expose common properties of the UI elements they represent. One of these properties is the control type, which defines its basic appearance and functionality as a single recognizable entity (e.g., a button or check box). In addition, elements expose control patterns that provide properties specific to their control types.

  7. Button (computing) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Front panel - Wikipedia

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    After entering several of these instructions (some computers had a deposit next button, which would deposit subsequent values in subsequent addresses, relieving the operator of needing to enter subsequent addresses), the operator would then set the starting address of the bootstrap program and press the run switch to begin the execution of the ...

  9. Wikipedia:Shortdesc helper - Wikipedia

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    In the "Editing" section, Check the box next to "Shortdesc helper: easily add and edit page short descriptions". Click the Save button at the bottom of the page. In the "Testing and development" section, the box next to "Show page description beneath the page title" should be Unchecked to avoid confusion.