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Aqua (Mac OS X)

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Mac OS X 10.3 Aqua standard and brushed metal screenshot

Aqua is a trade name for the GUI appearance of Apple Computer's Mac OS X operating system.

The two primary features of Aqua are the gel-like buttons (colored red, yellow, and green) that control the windows, and the Dock which facilitates navigation between applications.

There are two main styles of windows that Aqua includes: standard pinstriped (grey gradient in Mac OS X 10.3) and brushed metal. (See thumbnail illustration.)

Aqua is powered by the Portable Document Format, which manages the underlying graphics management.

See also: Quartz, Quartz Extreme, Exposé

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