Appendix A. Glossary
- accelerator key
A key combination that provides access to a menu choice, macro, or other function of the application in lieu of a mouse click, usually by combining Alt+key. An accelerator key is identified on menus by an underlined character. It is sometimes (incorrectly) called a shortcut key, but shortcut keys usually consist of Ctrl+key combinations.
- Access Data Project
See ADP.
- Access Developer's Toolkit
- Access SQL
Former name of Jet SQL, a dialect of ANSI SQL.
See Also Jet SQL.
- activation
An OLE 2+ term meaning to place an object in a running state, which includes binding the object, or to invoke a method of the object.
See Also binding.
- active
In Windows, the currently running application or the window to which ...
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