GFR symbol: A symbol that represents a text string. When GMS encounters a GFR symbol in a menu specification, it passes the symbol to GFR, which returns a string appropriate to the current language environment.
global inconsistency: An inconsistency between a menu specification and the global settings in effect when the specification is compiled.
global settings: GMS properties do not apply to any particular menu, but to GMS overall.
Global Settings object: An object that specifies a collection of global settings.
GMS icon: An icon that appears next to a menu entry label and denotes the menu entry's effect graphically.
GMS menus: Generic term for menu bars, popup menus, and cascade menus displayed by GMS
GMS Palette: A palette that contains master copies of all GMS template objects.