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Object
--- Any item that is or can be linked into another Windows application,
such as a sound, graphics, piece of text, or portion of a spreadsheet. Must be from an application that supports
Object Linking and Embedding (OLE).
Object linking and
embedding --- see OLE
OEM ---
original equipment manufacturer --- A misleading term for a company that has a special relationship with computer
producers. OEMs buy computers in bulk and customize them for a particular application. They then sell the customized
computer under their own name. The term is really a misnomer because OEMs are not the original manufacturers --
they are the customizers.
OEM
Fonts --- OEM fonts are provided to support older installed products.
The term OEM refers to Original Equipment Manufacturers. This font family includes a character set designed to
be compatible with older equipment and software applications
Offline ---
A device that is not ready to accept input. For example, if your printer is off-line, it will not accept
data from the computer, and attempting to print will generate an error.
OH ---
Off Hook
--- OH is a modem indicator light that tells you the phone
line is open and ready for communications.
OLE
--- A data sharing scheme that allows dissimilar applications to create
single, complex documents by cooperating in the creation of the document. The documents consists of material that
a single application couldn't have created on its own. In OLE, version 1, double-clicking an embedded or linked
object (see embedded object, and linked object) launches the application that created the object
in a separate window. In OLE version 2, double-clicking an embedded or linked object makes the menus and tools
of the creating application available in the middle of the parent document. The destination document (contains
the linked or embedded object) must be created by an application which is an OLE client, and the linked or embedded
object must be created in an application that is an OLE server.
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OLGA ---
Online 2
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OLE
automation --- Refers to the capability of a server application
to make available (this is known as expose) its own objects for use in another application's macro language.
OLGA ---
The
online Guitar Archive --- Orinally an FTP site
and later a Web site it is a collection of guitar tablature for thousands of songs. It also contains lessons, chord
charts, software, information on building guitars, and many links to other guitar-related Web sites.
Unfortunatley, this Internet site, as well as it's many mirrors have been shutdown because of copyright infringement.
The library of files on OLGA have been sent in by internet users since 1992. It developed out of the usenet newsgroups
alt.guitar.tab and rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature. OLGA is provided free of charge and is run by volunteers.
It is made available worldwide thanks to the generosity of these theivarious mirrors.
Most of the files in the archive will be found in the directories a-z and 1-9; they are organized according
to the first letter/number of the band's name or artist's last name, but OLGA also contains a number specialised
directories, dedicated to classical music, acoustic guitar, praise songs, country music and ChordPro formatted
songs (the classical, acoustic, praise_songs, cowpie and chordpro directories, respectively.)
Online
--- Having access to the Internet.
You are online right now. Often people will say they are online meaning they have access
to the Internet and have an e-mail address, but may not necessarily be connected to the Internet at that moment.
Online
2 --- Indicates that a system is working and connected. For example,
if your printer is online, it is ready to accept information to turn into a printed output.
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On-line
Service --- Open or open up
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On-line
Service --- Large companies that provide e-mail, discussion forums
(or sigs), conferencing, and files. Some services: Delphi (5th largest), the first with full indirect internet
access; others (BIX (for professional computer users), "The WELL"
a new age and writers service from California -- now supposed to be expanding into regional wells, and America
On-Line AOL, #1 in size) have moved to that position as well. GEnie (#6) has internet e-mail; Prodigy (#3) and
CI$(#2) have internet e-mail, but charge per message (or did the last time I used them), and, the last I used them,
had rather cumbersome
access to news groups, but alternate access
to the Web (ie as somewhat separate programs from the normal service), while delphi's merger with MCI has fallen
apart, and NewsCorp has sold off delphi and BIX to some of the original develpers. Prodigy and CI$, like MSN, are
moving towards web-based services. Delphi has also created web-access to the
service. It remains to be seen if web-based services will be as popular as the traditional models. There are other,
smaller specialized services, too. Most, if not all, charge for having an account, and charge for use by the minute.
(pricing changes often, so check with any service before signing up!) Microsoft has also developed a full-service
on-line service, MSN (#4), which users of Windows 95 have access to. Compuserv
tried to develop
WOW!, a scaled-down (and easier to use) version of its main service, but that is pretty much all gone now.
So, despite claims that the web will soon kill off on-line services, right now they're still around and adding
new users, and, if the web-based versions work out, they may even come to dominate the web! delphi has already
moved many of the delphi-operated forums to the web (with advertising to pay for it) as well as traditional dial-up
access.
Open Data Link Interface (ODI) --- A Novell specification that separates
the implementation of a protocol and the implementation of the NIC hardware driver. Novell's MLID specification
enables NIC drivers to interface through Link Support Layer with IPX ODI and multiple ODI-onforming packet drivers.
Open or open up --- Depending on how it is used, can mean any one of the following:
- To read the contents of a certain file
- To start or launch a computer application or software program
- To maximize or restore a "window" of an already running computer
program.
Most commonly used however is the read meaning which may appear in a sentence something
like this: "Take this file and open it with Microsoft Word. This means that MSWord is the application
you should use to read this file or see what is in it or what it looks like.
Computer systems are set or have an area where a user can set the default
application to "open up" a particular file.
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Option button
--- OSP
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Option
button --- A dialog box item that enables you to choose only one
of a group of choices.
Orientation
--- For printer paper, indicates whether the document is to be printed
normally (for example, in "portrait" mode) or sideways (in "landscape" mode).
OS
--- OS=Operating System, ie the software that runs your computer (like
UNIX, DOS, etc.)
OS2/warp
--- IBM's multi-tasking os. OS2 & UNIX users are very devoted to the
their operating systems -- and are very resentful that windows is more used.
OSI
Model --- Opens Systems Interconnect 7-layer Model is a model developed
by International Standards Organization to establish a standardized set of protocols for interoperability between
networked computer hosts. Each layer of the model consists of specifications and/or protocols that fulfill specific
functions in a networking architecture. Novell's UNA was patterned against the OSI model. The OSI model consists
of specific protocols that are nonproprietary and offered in the hope of unifying networking protocols used in
competing vendor's systems.
OSP --- Online Service Provider ---
A company that provides customer only content to subscribers of their service. Most OSPs now offer Internet
access, but their main feature is the privately maintained network that is only accessible to their customers.
This network is not part of the Internet, although some OSPs are currently making some content
available on the Web. Because OSPs control the structure and content of their networks, they are more logical and
user-friendly environments especially for beginners. The most popular OSPs are: AOL (AmericaOnline), CompuServe,
MSN, and Prodigy.
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