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Terminal Window

Type of window, generally black with white text, where the output of terminal commands is displayed, and that may allow you to type terminal commands interpreted by a shell, in which case there will be a flashing text cursor at its last line.
Terminal

Definition
An application with a window with black background and white text where you can type text commands, called terminal commands, which are interpreted by a type of program called shell.
How to Run a Program as a Different User in Linux Mint

Tutorial
Tutorial: learn how to run a program, be it a terminal command, graphical application, or web browser, as a different user in Linux Mint using the commands su, sudo, and machinectl.
Distro

Abbreviation of "distribution," and typically refers to an operating system distributed (i.e. that can be installed) based on Linux, or, in some cases, on BSD.
AI

Definition
Artificial Intelligence. Broad term that mainly refers to making a computer program behave in some way that appears intelligent, able to make decisions by itself.
DRM-Free

Refers to digital products sold that can be copied and pasted without trouble, because they're sold without a DRM technology attached on it.
DRM

A term for anti-piracy software and technologies.
Bandcamp

Website where you can listen to music online and download music (MP3 files, FLAC, etc.) to listen offline, both paid and free.
Music

Music is a specific kind of audio, which means it's recorded sound data that can be reproduced by the computer.
Firefox

Free web browser that comes installed by default in some Linux distributions.
Google Chrome

Free web browser developed by Google available for all major operating systems.
Microsoft Edge

The web browser that comes installed by default in Windows.
Chromium

Open source web browser that is used as the base for almost all major web browsers in the market.
Ad

Abbreviation for "advertisement."
How to Search Tweets by User using Google

What to type on Google to search for a specific Twitter user's tweets.
Types of Buttons

A list of common types of buttons found across applications, operating systems, and websites.
Right-Click Main Menu

A main menu of an application that appears when you right click somewhere on its main window.
Statusbar

Horizontal bar found at the bottom of the main window of some applications that displays short messages and other information about the current state of the application.
Hover

Definition
To place the mouse cursor over a button or other graphical user interface element without clicking on it.
User Interface Element

A tangible part of a graphical user interface. Some people call them "widgets," others call them "form controls."