diff --git a/kcmshell/main.cpp b/kcmshell/main.cpp
index 14b2caa1f..da2c3ffcf 100644
--- a/kcmshell/main.cpp
+++ b/kcmshell/main.cpp
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ static KService::Ptr locateModule(const TQCString& module)
         return 0;
     }
 
-    // avoid finding random non-kde applications
+    // avoid finding random non-TDE applications
     if ( module.left( 4 ) != "kde-" && service->library().isEmpty() )
         return locateModule( "kde-" + module );
 
diff --git a/tdecore/README.kstartupinfo b/tdecore/README.kstartupinfo
index cd02cce66..09531b7d7 100644
--- a/tdecore/README.kstartupinfo
+++ b/tdecore/README.kstartupinfo
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ Implementation details :
 ------------------------
 
  The ASN info data is sent using X ClientMessages as text ( see below ),
-this is mainly in hope also non-KDE people will start using it, and
+this is mainly in hope also non-TDE people will start using it, and
 they wouldn't be very happy with DCOP.
  Before starting an application, and environment variable called
 KDE_STARTUP_ENV is added to it's environment, and it's set to unique
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ Entries :
  Well, I guess that's all. The KDE2.2 release will show if the users like it
 or not ( it's quite good IMHO, even though there are probably some minor
 details to fix or improve ). The only big thing remaining is to make also
-non-KDE people agree on using something like this. My first attempt
+non-TDE people agree on using something like this. My first attempt
 https://listman.redhat.com/pipermail/xdg-list/2001-May/000083.html
 didn't get much attention, but now that there's a working implementation,
 I hope it will get better, when I try again sometime in the future.
diff --git a/tdeprint/kmvirtualmanager.cpp b/tdeprint/kmvirtualmanager.cpp
index 78757decd..dca3271be 100644
--- a/tdeprint/kmvirtualmanager.cpp
+++ b/tdeprint/kmvirtualmanager.cpp
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ void KMVirtualManager::setAsDefault(KMPrinter *p, const TQString& name, TQWidget
 					i18n( "<qt>You are about to set a pseudo-printer as your personal default. "
 						  "This setting is specific to KDE and will not be available outside KDE "
 						  "applications. Note that this will only make your personal default printer "
-						  "as undefined for non-KDE applications and should not prevent you from "
+						  "as undefined for non-TDE applications and should not prevent you from "
 						  "printing normally. Do you really want to set <b>%1</b> as your personal default?</qt>" ).arg( instname ),
 					TQString::null, i18n("Set as Default"), "setSpecialAsDefault" ) == KMessageBox::No )
 			return;
diff --git a/tdeprint/kpcopiespage.cpp b/tdeprint/kpcopiespage.cpp
index 80d446eb2..270702518 100644
--- a/tdeprint/kpcopiespage.cpp
+++ b/tdeprint/kpcopiespage.cpp
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ KPCopiesPage::KPCopiesPage(KPrinter *prt, TQWidget *parent, const char *name)
 	TQString whatsThisCurrentPagesLabel = i18n(  " <qt><b>Current Page:</b> Select <em>\"Current\"</em> if you want "
 						" to print the page currently visible in your KDE application.</p>"
 						" <p><b>Note:</b> this field is disabled if you print from"
-						" non-KDE applications like Mozilla or OpenOffice.org, since here KDEPrint has no"
+						" non-TDE applications like Mozilla or OpenOffice.org, since here KDEPrint has no"
 						" means to determine which document page you are currently viewing.</p></qt>" );
 	TQString whatsThisPageRangeLabel = i18n(  " <qt><b>Page Range:</b> Choose a \"Page Range\" to select a subset of the"
 						" complete document pages"
diff --git a/tdeprint/kprintdialog.cpp b/tdeprint/kprintdialog.cpp
index c6979acc7..d25affa4b 100644
--- a/tdeprint/kprintdialog.cpp
+++ b/tdeprint/kprintdialog.cpp
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ KPrintDialog::KPrintDialog(TQWidget *parent, const char *name)
 						" <p><b>Note:</b> The preview feature (and therefore this checkbox) "
 						" is only visible for printjobs created from inside KDE applications. "
 						" If you start kprinter from the commandline, or if you use kprinter "
-						" as a print command for non-KDE applications (like Acrobat Reader, "
+						" as a print command for non-TDE applications (like Acrobat Reader, "
                                                 " Firefox or OpenOffice), print preview is not available here. "
 					        " </qt>" );
 
diff --git a/tdeprint/marginwidget.cpp b/tdeprint/marginwidget.cpp
index 53790a112..c4999a95f 100644
--- a/tdeprint/marginwidget.cpp
+++ b/tdeprint/marginwidget.cpp
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ MarginWidget::MarginWidget(TQWidget *parent, const char* name, bool allowMetricU
 			" <b>Note:</b> The margin setting does not work if you load such files directly into "
 			" kprinter, which have their print margins hardcoded internally, like as most "
 			" PDF or PostScript files. It works for all ASCII text files however. It also may not "
-			" work with non-KDE applications which fail to "
+			" work with non-TDE applications which fail to "
 			" fully utilize the KDEPrint framework, such as OpenOffice.org. </p> "
 			" </qt>" );
 
diff --git a/tdeui/qxembed.h b/tdeui/qxembed.h
index 423a69a80..5c409fd51 100644
--- a/tdeui/qxembed.h
+++ b/tdeui/qxembed.h
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ public:
      * embedded applications that do not support the XEMBED protocol.
      * The default is XEMBED.
      *
-     * Non KDE applications should be embedded with protocol XPLAIN. 
+     * Non TDE applications should be embedded with protocol XPLAIN. 
      * This does not happen automatically yet. 
      * You must call setProtocol() explicitly.
      */