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Workstations
Of or pertaining to any computer intended for personal use, but with a much faster processor and more memory than an ordinary personal computer.
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Biassed exponent
Computer; Workstations
The sum of the base-2 exponent and a constant (bias) chosen to make the stored exponent's range non-negative. For example, the exponent of 2-100 is stored in IEEE single precision format as (-100) + ...
Blocked state
Computer; Workstations
A thread is waiting for a resource or data; such as, return data from a pending disc read, or waiting for another thread to unlock a resource.
IEEE Standard 754
Computer; Workstations
The standard for binary floating-point arithmetic developed by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, published in 1985.
Common exceptions
Computer; Workstations
The three floating point exceptions overflow, invalid, and division are collectively referred to as the common exceptions for the purposes of ieee_flags(3m) and ieee_handler(3m). They are called ...
Container-managed transaction
Computer; Workstations
A transaction whose boundaries are defined by an EJB container. An entity bean must use container-managed transactions.
JSP page
Computer; Workstations
A text-based document containing static text and JSP elements that describes how to process a request to create a response. A JSP page is translated into and handles requests as a servlet.
Security view
Computer; Workstations
The set of security roles defined by the application assembler.