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double-click
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(operating system)double-click - Two clicks of a mouse button made in rapid succession without moving the mouse. A double-click often combines the actions of selecting, and then activating an object in a GUI, e.g. selecting and opening a document. Some text editors use double-click to select the word under the mouse pointer.

When used as a verb it is often written as two words with a space instead of a hyphen.


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He noted that those messages could easily be far more than a mere nuisance; they could contain viruses or other malware, ready to be triggered when an unsuspecting end-user double-clicked on a message or attachment.
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B worm can also be spread if the attachment is double-clicked upon by a recipient of the email.
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You can advise users not to download or open the file, but many users are just moving and reading too fast---they don't realize they've double-clicked and been infected," says Rothman.
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