Original Copyright © 1991 by Commodore Electronics Limited. All rights reserved.
Expanded and maintained by Gregory S. Donner
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text - Indicates originally listed item in the Style Guide glossary.
[text] - Indicates a usage convention within the Style Guide though unlisted in the official Style Guide glossary.
[text] p. xx - Indicates a usage convention within official Commodore-Amiga documentation other than the Style Guide. The page number immediately to the right indicates where such an example can be found for reference purposes, followed by the italicized name of the Commodore-Amiga document/source; e.g. p. 23, Amiga Release 2: Getting Started.
red text {} - Indicates undefined usage in the AUISG (requiring verification) or other official Commodore-Amiga documentation. If available, the "next best" source is used, such as similar usage conventions, Wikipedia or a dictionary, and referenced to the right in curly brackets {}.
.info file
3-D look
absolute pathname
action gadget
active
[AGA (Advanced Graphics Architecture)]
AmigaDOS
[Amiga Early Startup Control] (see also "boot menu")
AmigaOS
[AmiTCP/IP] (widely used, but the original usage from Commodore was simply "Commodore Amiga TCP/IP")
[animated pointer] p. 30
AppIcon
application gadget
AppMenu
AppWindow
[Agnus (access to Chip RAM)] p. 23, Amiga Release 2: Getting Started
archive
ARexx
argument
argument passing
assign
attributes
autoboot {autoboot}
[AUTOCONFIGTM] p. 2-5, Introducing the Commodore Amiga 3000. "TM" is only required the first time it is used in a document. Note that there's no logical reason for it to be completely in capital letters since it is not an acronym. "AutoConfigTM" makes more sense.
autoconfigures {autoconfigures}
autorequest (needs verification)
autoscroll [auto-scroll] p. 37
back up (verb)
background process
backup (noun)
[bad block] p. 4-16, A4000 Amiga Hard Drive Users Guide
basename
bitmap
block size
boot block
boolean
bootmenu
Bridgeboard
brush
buffer
CDFileSystem {Lacking an official source, uses similar capitalization as "FastFileSystem"}
check box
Chip RAM
chipset {chipset}
choose
clear
CLI (Command Line Interface)
click
close
close gadget
cold reboot
color correction
color selection gadget
command history
command template
Commodities Exchange
condition flag
console window
context cue
contiguous
Control-key combination
cursor
cursor keys
custom icon
cycle gadget
[data type; DataType] p. 4-28, AmigaOS Workbench 3.0/3.1; ?
dead key
default
Default Tool
delete
delimiter
depth gadget
deselect
destination
device
device handler
directory
disk
[Diskdoctor | Disk Doctor | DiskDoctor]
[display bounds] p. 37
display box
[Display Enhancer] p. 1-2, Introducing the Commodore Amiga 3000
[display mode] p. 2-5, Introducing the Commodore Amiga 3000
[DosType] p. 4-28, A4000 Amiga Hard Drive Users Guide Note that this should actually be "DOSType" as "DOS" is an acronym for "Disk Operating System", and as such, is capitalized.
double-click
drag
drag selection
drawer
drive name
dump
ECS (Enhanced Chip Set)
ENV:
ENVARC:
environment variable
error code
Ethernet {reference}
executable
extended selection
Fast RAM
FastFileSystem (FFS)
fatal error
field
filename
file size {file size}
file system or filesystem {reference}
flag
format
function keys
gadget
GadTools
ghosting
gigabyte {GB, one billion bytes gigabyte}
graphic user interface (GUI)
hard disk
HDToolbox or HDToolBox?
high color {High color}
[Hires] (high-resolution screenmode) p. 2-5, Introducing the Commodore Amiga 3000
history buffer
hold down
hot key
icon
icon drop box gadget
[IDE] p. 4-23, A4000 Amiga Hard Drive Users Guide
IFF (Interchange File Format)
Information window
Inter-Process Communications (IPC)
Internal command
Intuition
kB {Kilobytes, denotes 1000 bytes, reference}
K (or KB; denotes 1024 bytes)
keymap
keystrokes
keyword
Kickstart
[kilobytes] p. 4-22, A4000 Amiga Hard Drive Users Guide
library
link
[LUN (Logical Unit Number)] p. 4-3, A4000 Amiga Hard Drive Users Guide
macro
[MaxTransfer] p. 4-26, A4000 Amiga Hard Drive Users Guide
MB
[megabytes] p. 4-22, A4000 Amiga Hard Drive Users Guide
memory
menu
menu bar
menu button
menu item
modified project requester
monospaced font
MountList
multiscan
[multi-serial port] p. 38
multitasking
mutually exclusive
notification
null string
offset
[OldFileSystem] p. 13, Amiga Release 2 Getting Started
open
OS (Operating System)
overscan area
overwrite
parallel
parent
parsing
partition
path
pattern matching
peripheral
PIPE:
pitch
pixels
pointer
Preferences (Prefs)
press
priority
[private custom screen] p. 35
process
[Productivity (screenmode)] p. 1-2, Introducing the Commodore Amiga 3000
[progress requester] p. 29
project
prompt
protection bits (use "attributes" instead)
pseudo-icon
[public custom screen] p. 35
public screen
pure
qualifier
radio buttons
RAM (Random Access Memory)
Ram Disk
ramlib
RC
read
Read Only
Read/Write
reboot
redirect
relative pathname
Release 2
Release 3
requester
[reopens] p. 41
resident
resolution
RESULT
return code
RGB (Red-Green-Blue)
[RigidDiskBlock (RDB)] p. 16, Amiga Release 2 Getting Started; however, I suggest "Rigid Disk Block" since there appears to be no specific logic behind eliminating the spaces between each word.
ROM (Read Only Memory)
root directory
SANA-II (Standard Amiga Network Architecture)
save
screen
[screenmode] p. 1-2, Introducing the Commodore Amiga 3000
[screen depth gadget] p. 35
script
scroll
scroll arrows
scroll bar
scroll box
scroll gadget
scrolling list
SCSI (Small Computer System Interface)
select
selection button
[separator bar] p. 75, Amiga User Interface Style Guide
serial
set
Shell
[Shell-startup] p. 28, Amiga Release 2 Getting Started, "Startup-sequence and User-startup"
Shell-seg (Capitalization is assumed to follow "Startup-sequence" for the sake of consistency)
sizing gadget
slider gadget
slider value
snapshot
source
stack
Startup-sequence
[Startup-sequence.HD] p. 28, Amiga Release 2 Getting Started, "Startup-sequence and User-startup"
Startup-failsafe (Capitalization is assumed to follow "Startup-sequence" for the sake of consistency)
streaming tape
string
subdirectory
submenu
SuperFloppy or SuperFloppies {no reference per se}
[SuperHires (screenmode)] p. 2, Amiga Release 2 Getting Started
[SuperKickstart] p. 3-2, A4000 Amiga Hard Drive Users Guide
switch
syntax
Syslog (Capitalization is assumed to follow "Startup-sequence" for the sake of consistency)
System-startup (Capitalization is assumed to follow "Startup-sequence" for the sake of consistency)
task
text gadget
title bar (see also "drag bar")
tool
Tool Type / Tool Types
Trashcan
True color {reference}
type
[User-startup] p. 28, Amiga Release 2 Getting Started, "Startup-sequence and User-startup"
version
virtual screen
volume
volume name
wait pointer
wildcard
window
Workbench
[Workbench screen] p. 35
write
write-enable
[write-inhibit] p. 3-3, Introducing the Commodore Amiga 3000
write-protect
[ZIP RAM] p. 4-15, Introducing the Commodore Amiga 3000
zoom gadget
Zorro
Zorro II
Zorro III