wallpaper
wallpaper
n : a decorative paper for the walls of rooms
v : cover with wallpaper [syn: {paper}]
21 Moby Thesaurus words for "wallpaper":
board, brick, clapboard, face, glass, glaze, lath, paper, plank,
revet, shake, sheathe, shingle, slate, stone, thatch, tile, veneer,
wall in, wall up, weatherboard
wallpaper n. 1. A file containing a listing (e.g., assembly listing) or
a transcript, esp. a file containing a transcript of all or part of a
login session. (The idea was that the paper for such listings was
essentially good only for wallpaper, as evidenced at Stanford, where it
was used to cover windows.) Now rare, esp. since other systems have
developed other terms for it (e.g., PHOTO on TWENEX). However, the Unix
world doesn't have an equivalent term, so perhaps {wallpaper} will take
hold there. The term probably originated on ITS, where the commands to
begin and end transcript files were `:WALBEG' and `:WALEND', with
default file `WALL PAPER' (the space was a path delimiter). 2. The
background pattern used on graphical workstations (this is techspeak
under the `Windows' graphical user interface to MS-DOS). 3. `wallpaper
file' n. The file that contains the wallpaper information before it is
actually printed on paper. (Even if you don't intend ever to produce a
real paper copy of the file, it is still called a wallpaper file.)
wallpaper
1. A file containing a listing (e.g. assembly listing) or a
transcript, especially a file containing a transcript of all
or part of a login session. (The idea was that the paper for
such listings was essentially good only for wallpaper, as
evidenced at {Stanford}, where it was used to cover windows).
The term is now rare, especially since other systems have
developed other terms for it (e.g. PHOTO on {TWENEX}).
However, the {Unix} world doesn't have an equivalent term, so
perhaps wallpaper will take hold there. The term probably
originated on {ITS}, where the commands to begin and end
transcript files were ":WALBEG" and ":WALEND", with default
file "WALL PAPER" (the space was a path delimiter).
2. The background pattern used on graphical workstations under
the {Microsoft Windows} {graphical user interface} to
{MS-DOS}.
(1994-12-22)
n : a decorative paper for the walls of rooms
v : cover with wallpaper [syn: {paper}]
21 Moby Thesaurus words for "wallpaper":
board, brick, clapboard, face, glass, glaze, lath, paper, plank,
revet, shake, sheathe, shingle, slate, stone, thatch, tile, veneer,
wall in, wall up, weatherboard
wallpaper n. 1. A file containing a listing (e.g., assembly listing) or
a transcript, esp. a file containing a transcript of all or part of a
login session. (The idea was that the paper for such listings was
essentially good only for wallpaper, as evidenced at Stanford, where it
was used to cover windows.) Now rare, esp. since other systems have
developed other terms for it (e.g., PHOTO on TWENEX). However, the Unix
world doesn't have an equivalent term, so perhaps {wallpaper} will take
hold there. The term probably originated on ITS, where the commands to
begin and end transcript files were `:WALBEG' and `:WALEND', with
default file `WALL PAPER' (the space was a path delimiter). 2. The
background pattern used on graphical workstations (this is techspeak
under the `Windows' graphical user interface to MS-DOS). 3. `wallpaper
file' n. The file that contains the wallpaper information before it is
actually printed on paper. (Even if you don't intend ever to produce a
real paper copy of the file, it is still called a wallpaper file.)
wallpaper
1. A file containing a listing (e.g. assembly listing) or a
transcript, especially a file containing a transcript of all
or part of a login session. (The idea was that the paper for
such listings was essentially good only for wallpaper, as
evidenced at {Stanford}, where it was used to cover windows).
The term is now rare, especially since other systems have
developed other terms for it (e.g. PHOTO on {TWENEX}).
However, the {Unix} world doesn't have an equivalent term, so
perhaps wallpaper will take hold there. The term probably
originated on {ITS}, where the commands to begin and end
transcript files were ":WALBEG" and ":WALEND", with default
file "WALL PAPER" (the space was a path delimiter).
2. The background pattern used on graphical workstations under
the {Microsoft Windows} {graphical user interface} to
{MS-DOS}.
(1994-12-22)