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Tip

A related or contextual item that is displayed to remind a user of a particular function or action.

Tooltips usually display an explanation of a certain object's functionality in a graphical application.

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Industry/Domain: Software
Category: Operating systems
Company: Red Hat
Product: Red Hat Linux 9
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