Zoom multiple desktop windows?

They say there's no such thing as a stupid question, so here goes... I recently got a glimpse of a friend's Powerbook and noticed he had multiple windows on his desktop. Nothing new there, but with a simple swipe of a finger on the track pad he could move between windows and the active window zoomed to full screen while the other remained smaller in the background, similar to the magnifier you can turn on for the dock icons.
I know I've seen info about this from Mac but I can't find it anywhere. What is it that allows you to set your desktop up that way? I seem to recall it's a function of OSX but again I can't find it.
Thanks for the help.

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