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--- manual:Glossary [2019/09/19 00:24] – JMichaelTX
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 ====== Glossary ======
+| Active/Deactivated | A Macro Group is active only if the conditions of the macro group are satisfied (eg a specific application is frontmost). A macro is available to be triggered only if it is enabled, and it’s parent macro group is enabled and active. Active is a transient state and can change over time as the state of the system changes (eg as different applications are frontmost) |
 | Collection | An ordered list of things (like "Lines" in a Variable or File) that you can iterate through using the [[/action/For_Each|For Each action]] |
 | Clipboard | The system clipboard is where you store items when you Copy and Paste.  When you Copy an item, it is temporarily stored in the Clipboard and when you Paste, the item is copied from the Clipboard into your currently selection |
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 | Clipboard~~Switcher | is a feature of Keyboard~~Maestro that allows you to copy or paste to/from a set of Named~~Clipboards |
 | Conflict~~Palette | is a palette that lets you disambiguate your selection when a macro trigger triggers multiple macros simultaneously |
+| Enabled/Disabled | Macros and Macro Groups can be enabled or disabled in the editor. A macro is available to be triggered only if it is enabled, and it’s parent macro group is enabled and active. |
 | Excluded~~Applications | is the set of applications that should not appear in the Application~~Switcher list, allowing you to hide applications you rarely want to switch to.  These applications are also ignored when hiding other applications |
 | Global Macro Group | a predefined Macro~~Group that always exists and is the default location for new Macros |
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 | KeyCue | software from ergonis that displays command keys and can also display Keyboard Maestro Hot~~Keys ([[https://www.stairways.com/action/linkthru?keycue|more info]]) |
 | Keyboard~~Maestro~~Engine | The process that enables your [[Macros]], [[Application Switcher]], [[Window Switcher]], [[Named Clipboard Switcher]] and web server to work even after you quit Keyboard~~Maestro |
-| Mac~~OS~~X | see OS~~X |
+| Mac~~OS~~X | see macOS  |
-| Mac~~OS | see OS~~X |
+| macOS | The Apple Macintosh Operating System.  Formerly known as "OS X". |
 | Macro  | [[Macros|Macros]] are used to automate your workflow, procedure, or process on your Mac.  A Macro consists of \\   • A set of steps called [[:Actions|Actions]]. \\   • One or more [[:Triggers|Triggers]] to execute the Macro, if it is [[:Macro_Activation|Active]]. |
 | Macro~~Action | an action you wish to perform, such as opening a file, typing some text, controlling Safari, and so on |
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 | UID | see UUID |
 | UUID | a Universally Unique IDentifier for [[Macros]] and [[Macro_Groups|Macro Groups]] and other purposes that remains the same even if you rename or modify a macro or macro group, or import a Macro built on another Mac. Also known as a [GUID](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globally_unique_identifier). |
+| Variables | Like most programming languages, Keyboard Maestro allows you to create [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable_(computer_science)|Variables]] to store data for use later on in the same Macro, or in other Macros.\\ Variables can be set from many actions. You can set variables to specific text, to the result of a calculations, from user input, from the Keychain, by searching other variables, from the clipboard or Named Clipboards, as the result of scripts, and from many other sources.\\ For more details, see [[manual:Variables|Variables]]. |
 | Z-order | refers to the order of windows from frontmost to furthest back |