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Desktop PC

Any personal computing system that is small enough to be used at a desk.

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Drive mapping

Computer; Desktop PC

The assignment of a letter or name to a disc drive so that the operating system or network server can identify and locate it. For example, in PCs, the primary drive mappings are A: and B: for floppy ...

Drive number

Computer; Desktop PC

The naming convention for Macintosh disc drives. For example, a two-drive system calls its drives 0 and 1.

Central processing unit

Computer; Desktop PC

Central Processing Unit is the core of a computer; necessary for computing performance. Hard ware.

Rebooting

Computer; Desktop PC

The process by which a running computer system is restarted

Control panel

Computer; Desktop PC

A Windows programme that collects and displays for users the system-level features of the computer, including hardware and software setup and configuration. From Control Panel, users can click ...

Properties

Computer; Desktop PC

A dockable window that displays the properties that are set on the selected object. In most cases, the property values can be edited in the window.

Infrastructure layer

Computer; Desktop PC

The layer that represents the IT administration of the physical hardware and operating systems that support the services layer.

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