A small telescope, piggybacked on a large telescope The finder's scope gives a wider field of view compared to the large telescope This helps us to locate an object we are interested in The wide field of view of the finder allows an astronomer to "find" the object more easily If everything is working correctly, when the object is in the center of the field of view of the finder, it should be visible in the telescope
The Finder is the default open application on a Macintosh, and it's represented by a little, purple, happy face icon in the top right-hand corner of the screen Most people think of it as the desktop, however, or as the utility that lets you navigate quickly among open programs When you click on the Finder, you can designate which of you open applications will be the active one
The operating system level of the Macintosh, similar to the desktop in Windows 95 or the Program Manager in Windows 3 1 To switch between open applications in the Finder, click on the appropriate window or on the icon in the upper right corner of the screen to see a list of all running applicatons
A small, wide-field telescope attached to a larger one, used for sighting purposes Flares, solar Brilliant eruptions in the outer part of the Sun's atmosphere Normally they can be detected only by spectroscopic means (or the equivalent), though a few have been seen in integrated light They are made up of hydrogen, and emit charged particles which may later reach the Earth, producing magnetic storms and displays of auroræ Flares are generally, though not always, associated with sunspot groups Flare stars Faint Red Dwarf stars which show sudden, short-lived increases in brilliancy, due possibly to intense flares above their surfaces G
A software application included with Macintosh system software that allows users to perform basic file access and management functions using icons and pull-down menus
An application (program) that's always available on the Macintosh desktop Although you may not be aware of its actions, you use it to manage documents and programs, and to get information to and from disks
The Mac application that controls the desktop processess This includes a desktop pattern or picture, opening and closing files, and moving and copying files The Finder runs from the moment the startup process completes until the shut down of the Mac
An essential component of the Macintosh system software The Finder provides the interface to the Macintosh It is the program that is running when you start the Macintosh which allows you to view lists of and manipulate files
The basic program that generates the desktop and lets you access and manage files and disks Together with the System file and the ROMs, it comprises the Mac's operating system There are Finder substitutes, such as Apple's At Ease, that perform the same basic tasks (and usually give you other capabilities as well)
The Macintosh OS (Operating System) Finder manages the disk and directory windows In addition, Finder has its own menu bar which is used to perform some standard operations
optical device that helps a user to find the target of interest someone who is the first to observe something someone who comes upon something after searching
Part of the system software It creates the desktop and keeps track of the files on the disk It also manages documents and application programs when they are in use
The standard interface to the Macintosh operating system, allowing the user to view the contents of directories (folders); to move, copy, and delete files and to launch applications The Finder was the first commercially successful graphical user interface and it helped launch a wave of interest in icon-based systems
The desktop view Also, the icon at the top right corner of your screen which lists the applications that are currently open If you click on the desired application the finder will send it forward on the screen