Glossary
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- Account Manager
- The interface used to manage the accounts for your profile.
- Addon
- The name given to a package, including or solely consisting of a plugin, that extends, enhances or provides customisations for Miranda.
- Addons
- An official project site, http://addons.miranda-im.org, that provides developers with a place to publish the works they create for Miranda.
- Avatar
- A customisable image associated with a protocol and visible to your contacts.
- Bug Tracker
- An official project site, http://bugs.miranda-im.org, that our developers use for tracking feature requests and bug reports.
- Clist
- See Contact List
- Contact
- The primary object that is found on the contact list. These may or may not be a real person depending on the protocol they're associated with.
- Contact list
- The main user interface and container for contacts, groups and other objects.
- Core
- The term developers use for main executable, but can also mean the 'officially distributed package' which includes plugins and other files.
- Database
- See Profile
- Database Tool (dbtool)
- An executable utility distributed with Miranda designed to find and fix problems with profiles.
- Docking
- A feature enabling a program or dialog to be attached to the edge of your screen. Docked windows use the full length of the edge and can not be moved until they are undocked.
- Emoticon
- See Smileys
- Group
- A contact list object that usually contains contacts considered as being related in some way. Groups may also contain other groups.
- Hotkey
- A key combination which invokes predefined actions.
- Main menu
- The menu for accessing options and functionality provided by plugins. It can be accessed via the contact list menu bar and system tray context menu.
- Network log
- A plain text log consisting of everything that happens while Miranda is transferring data to/from servers.
- Options window
- The interface where all settings (both for Miranda core and plugins) are available.
- Popup
- A small window designed to notify you about events or other information and usually only visible for a few seconds.
- Plugin
- A selectable file which adds functionality.
- Profile
- The file where all your settings, contacts and history (not including group chats) are stored.
- Profile Manager
- The tool for creating and selecting profiles.
- Protocol
- Protocols define a set of rules for data representation, signaling etc. Sometimes these are called networks because of their distinct implementations and servers for messaging.
- Service mode
- A way to run Miranda 0.8.0 with one active plugin when Miranda doesn't start normally.
- Skin
- A non-standard visual style for popups, contact lists and message windows.
- Smileys
- Small graphical face, often inserted into instant messages and e-mails, to represent the writer's feeling.
- SRMM
- Send/Receive Messaging Module - A type of plugin that provides a messaging user interface.
- Status
- The state of your protocol(s) at any particular time shown to your contacts. Each protocol implements its own set of statuses.
- Status menu
- Access menu for changing your global status (every protocol) or individual protocol statuses. It can be accessed via the contact list menu bar and system tray context menu.
- Tooltip
- A small window that displays information about the object your mouse is hovering over.
- Updater
- An addon that checks for and notifies you of updates to to plugins you have installed.
- Version information
- Details about the configuration of your computer and Miranda installation. Version information is used for analyzing possible sources of problems.
