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Desktop PC
Any personal computing system that is small enough to be used at a desk.
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Grounding
Computer; Desktop PC
The connexion of sections of an electrical circuit to a common conductor, called the ground, which serves as the reference for the other voltages in the circuit. The ground conductor on installed ...
Grok
Computer; Desktop PC
To understand deeply and appreciatively. The term comes from Robert A. Heinlein抯 novel Stranger in a Strange Land, where it is also a Martian word for 搕o drink?and implies the kind of devoted ...
Ground
Computer; Desktop PC
A conducting path from an electrical circuit to earth or to a conducting body serving in place of earth, usually used as a safety device.
System.ini
Computer; Desktop PC
In Windows3. X, the initialization file used to store the hardware configuration information necessary to run the Windows operating environment. The system. Ini file was replaced by the Registry ...
System recovery
Computer; Desktop PC
Processing that takes place after a system failure in order to restore a system to normal operation. System recovery sometimes requires that tasks in process during the failure be backed out of and ...
System life cycle
Computer; Desktop PC
An information system's useful life. At the end of a system's life cycle it is not feasible to repair or expand it, so it must be replaced.
System generation
Computer; Desktop PC
The process of configuring and installing system software for a particular set of hardware components.
