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wizardInstructional help in an application or system development environment that guides the user through a series of multiple choice questions to accomplish a task. For the most part, wizards are more effective than the help menus found in most applications, which often border on the atrocious. However, a quality wizard requires an intelligent sequence of steps and clear questions. See help system. wizard 1. a male witch or a man who practises or professes to practise magic or sorcery 2. Computing a computer program that guides a user through a complex task
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A WIZARD, sitting in the marketplace, was telling the fortunes of the passers-by when a person ran up in great haste, and announced to him that the doors of his house had been broken open and that all his goods were being stolen. The Fairy entered with them, and warned the Queen that the Wizard King would shortly arrive, infuriated by his loss, and that nothing could preserve the Prince and Princess from his rage and magic unless they were actually married. Having this thought in mind, the story of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" was written solely to please children of today. |
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