Glossary
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Active Inline Maple Input
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Executable input that is placed within text.
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Bookmark
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A named location in a particular worksheet. Hyperlinks link to Bookmarks.
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Character Notation
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Character Notation displays in a 2-D text-based character format. All of the special symbols are created using ASCII characters.
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Context Bar
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A toolbar containing context-sensitive shortcuts. The items on the bar change, depending on the most recent mouse actions.
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Context Panel
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A panel on the side of the Maple window that provides context-sensitive operations that you can perform on the current selection.
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Execution Group
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A set of Maple input with its corresponding output.
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Execution Group Boundaries
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The left square brackets in worksheets that identify an execution group.
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Group (Ribbon Interface)
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A region on a tab that contains a set of related tools and commands.
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Hyperlink
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A text phrase or image that you can click to take you to a location in the same worksheet, in another worksheet, in a help page, or on a website.
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LaTeX
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A mathematical typesetting language.
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Lineprint Notation
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Mathematics displayed in a format similar to Maple commands, such that any expression is rendered on a single line without using subscripts, superscripts, or mathematical symbols.
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Maple Input
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Executable input, usually a mathematical expression, that Maple evaluates. The input is entered at the command prompt
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and Maple displays the results of the evaluation as Maple output. By default, Maple input is displayed in red type.
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Maple Notation
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Maple Notation displays as Maple syntax.
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Maple Output
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The result of an executed Maple input command. By default, Maple output is displayed in blue type in 2-D Math notation.
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Maple Text
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A text representation of the Maple input, output, and other structures contained in a worksheet.
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Menu Bar
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A rectangular bar displayed at the top of the Maple window containing lists of commands and available options.
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Paragraph
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An element of the worksheet that contains any one or more of text, Maple input, Maple output, plots, and spreadsheets.
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Palette
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A collection of buttons representing items such as predefined symbols, expressions, operators, Matrices, and Vectors.
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Plot
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A graphical representation of a mathematical expression drawn in either a two-dimensional or a three-dimensional format.
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Plot Object
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The rectangular area in which plots are drawn, including all the axes, curves, and surfaces within it.
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Prompt
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that indicates where to enter Maple input.
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Ribbon
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The rectangular area that fits across the top of the Maple application window. It is composed of several tabs, each of which represents a subset of Maple functionality.
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Section
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An element of the worksheet that provides structure. It can contain paragraphs, execution groups, and other sections (subsections).
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Section Heading
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An element that describes the contents of the section.
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Section Boundary
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A bracket that identifies the elements that belong to the section.
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Smart Plot
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A "live" Maple plot that can be modified by using the context panel. You can also drag curves and surfaces to and from a smart plot.
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Status Bar
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The bar at the bottom of a Maple window that displays diagnostic messages and system information.
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Style
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A named set of attributes, such as bold, italics, underlined, centered, size, and font, that indicate how text should appear.
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Tab
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A rectangular region on the ribbon interface that represents a subset of the functionality of Maple.
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Title Bar
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A colored bar at the top of a window. It displays the name of the window.
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Toolbar
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A rectangular bar displayed at the top of a Maple window containing buttons that are shortcuts for menu items.
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2-D Math Notation
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Editable mathematics displayed in a format similar in appearance to that found in business and education documents.
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Typeset Notation
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Mathematics displayed in a format similar in appearance to that found in a textbook. Output displayed in Typeset Notation is noneditable.
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Worksheet
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A Maple document created with the graphical user interface.
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