3  definitions  found 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  wallpaper 
  n  :  a  decorative  paper  for  the  walls  of  rooms 
  v  :  cover  with  wallpaper  [syn:  {paper}] 
 
  From  Jargon  File  (4.2.3,  23  NOV  2000)  [jargon]: 
 
  wallpaper  n.  1.  A  file  containing  a  listing  (e.g.,  assembly 
  listing)  or  a  transcript,  esp.  a  file  containing  a  transcript  of  all  or 
  part  of  a  login  session.  (The  idea  was  that  the  paper  for  such  listings 
  was  essentially  good  only  for  wallpaper,  as  evidenced  at  Stanford,  where 
  it  was  used  to  cover  windows.)  Now  rare  esp.  since  other  systems 
  have  developed  other  terms  for  it  (e.g.,  PHOTO  on  TWENEX).  However, 
  the  Unix  world  doesn't  have  an  equivalent  term,  so  perhaps  {wallpaper} 
  will  take  hold  there  The  term  probably  originated  on  ITS  where  the 
  commands  to  begin  and  end  transcript  files  were  `:WALBEG'  and  `:WALEND', 
  with  default  file  `WALL  PAPER'  (the  space  was  a  path  delimiter).  2.  The 
  background  pattern  used  on  graphical  workstations  (this  is  techspeak 
  under  the  `Windows'  graphical  user  interface  to  MS-DOS).  3.  `wallpaper 
  file'  n.  The  file  that  contains  the  wallpaper  information  before  it  is 
  actually  printed  on  paper.  (Even  if  you  don't  intend  ever  to  produce 
  a  real  paper  copy  of  the  file,  it  is  still  called  a  wallpaper  file.) 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  wallpaper 
 
  1.  A  file  containing  a  listing  (e.g.  assembly  listing)  or  a 
  transcript,  especially  a  file  containing  a  transcript  of  all 
  or  part  of  a  login  session.  (The  idea  was  that  the  paper  for 
  such  listings  was  essentially  good  only  for  wallpaper,  as 
  evidenced  at  {Stanford},  where  it  was  used  to  cover  windows). 
 
  The  term  is  now  rare  especially  since  other  systems  have 
  developed  other  terms  for  it  (e.g.  PHOTO  on  {TWENEX}). 
  However,  the  {Unix}  world  doesn't  have  an  equivalent  term,  so 
  perhaps  wallpaper  will  take  hold  there  The  term  probably 
  originated  on  {ITS},  where  the  commands  to  begin  and  end 
  transcript  files  were  ":WALBEG"  and  ":WALEND",  with  default 
  file  "WALL  PAPER"  (the  space  was  a  path  delimiter). 
 
  2.  The  background  pattern  used  on  graphical  workstations  under 
  the  {Microsoft  Windows}  {graphical  user  interface}  to 
  {MS-DOS}. 
 
  (1994-12-22) 
 
 

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