DDK Glossary - Z

z-order

The order in which sibling windows are presented. The topmost sibling window obscures any portion of the siblings that it overlaps; the same effect occurs down through the order of lower sibling windows.

zooming

The progressive scaling of an entire display image in order to give the visual impression of movement of all or part of a display group toward or away from an observer. (I) (A)

8.3 file-name format

A file-naming convention in which file names are limited to eight characters before and three characters after a single dot. Usually pronounced "eight-dot-three." See also non-8.3 file-name format.