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menu bar: A horizontal menu that extends along the top of a G2 window.

Menu Bar Template: A root template that defines a menu bar.

menu entry: A rectangular cell in a menu that can contain an entry label, a GMS icon, and an accelerator label. All of these components are optional.

menu index: An identifying integer assigned to a menu or menu entry by the GMS compiler. The compiler includes the index in the compiled resource, and makes it the value of the Gms-index attribute of the relevant template.

menu instance: A displayable menu that GMS builds for a particular G2 window from data in the compiled resource.

menu label: Text that identifies a menu as a whole, specified using the Gms-label attribute of a root template.

menu level: An integer that indicates how deeply a menu is nested within higher-level menus.

menu specification: Generic term for a static menu specification or a dynamic menu specification.

menu translation: The compiled form of a menu specification, produced by the GMS compiler and stored in the compiled resource.

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