nder: Glossary</div>
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<h4 class="glossary">active panel</h4>
<p>The panel in which a user is currently working or directing input. An active
panel is distinguished by the color of its directory line. Compare inactive panel</p>

<h4 class="glossary">archive file (or just archive)</h4>
<p>An archive file contains packed files and directories. Archives are used to save
disk space (files in archive are usually compressed), to make backups, to ease
transfer of files and directories,