See "which" on page 81. See "comma" on page 14 for more on nonrestrictive clauses.
Taligent Application Environment
(Tal Æ)
Official name of Taligent's SDK1 product. Note capitalization. The current name is the CommonPoint application system. See Legal Guidelines for current trademark information and a list of trademarks. tangent (tan)
Spell out on first occurrence. task-centered
(modifier) taxonomy
See The New Taxonomy for information about individual system, subsystem, framework, and category names. 
tear-off
(noun) temperature (temp)
Spell out on first occurrence. tera (T)
(prefix) Represents one trillion, that is 1,000,000,000,000. terahertz (THz)
A unit of measure equal to 1,009,511,627,776 bytes. Abbreviate units of measure when using them with a number to indicate a specific measurement. Note capitalization. terminate
Do not use abort. Instead, use end or terminate. testcase
(noun) text control
Do not use this term. Use text edit field instead when you mean the field where the user types input. text-only
(modifier) that
Use that to introduce a restrictive clause. This type of clause is essential to the central meaning of the sentence and therefore cannot be deleted.
They make computers that are easy to use. (All computers are not necessarily easy to use--they make the ones that are).
There are two exceptions to the use of that to introduce a defining clause. One is a situation in which the demonstrative that and the relative that come together, as in this sentence: "The latent opposition to rearming Germany is as strong as that, that has found public expression." Idiom dictates making it that which. The second exception is a situation in which the relative follows a preposition: for example, of which, not of that.
Computers that are easy to use are popular. (All computers are not necessarily easy to use--only the ones that are easy to use are popular).
threadsafe
Do not use this term. Use multithread safe. 3-D
(modifier) Use the abbreviation because it is more commonly recognized than three-dimensional. Note capitalization. time frame
(noun) time-out
(modifier) timesharing
(modifier, noun) time stamp
(noun, verb) time zone
(noun) title bar
Two words. Note lowercase. toggle button
Use the term toggle button to refers to a command button that changes between two states each time a user chooses it. The wording on the button changes to indicate the current state. Use radio button to refer to a button that displays a setting, either an on or off setting. toolkit
(modifier, noun) topdown
(modifier) trademark
See Legal Guidelines for current trademark information and a list of trademarks. trade-off
(noun) troubleshoot
(verb) troubleshooting
(modifier, noun) true
When referring to a specific return value, use computer voice. Note lowercase. 2-D
(modifier) Use the abbreviation because it is more commonly recognized than two-dimensional. Note lowercase letters in the abbreviation. type
(verb) Use to describe the action of typing text, rather than merely pressing a key. For example: "Type your name in the space." Do not use type in, as in "type in the command." See "press" on page 61. typedef
Apply computer voice when used as a C++ keyword. type definition
General term for C++ keyword typedef.
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