Component

Component

A single element within a larger system; it can be hardware or software based and performs essential functions needed by the system.

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Industry/Domain: Software
Category: Operating systems
Company: Red Hat
Product: Red Hat Linux 9
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components

Automotive; Automobile

The various parts that make up the whole system or device.

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M component

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Business services; Project management

A constituent part, an element

component

Education; SAT vocabulary

A constituent element or part.

highlight

Software; Operating systems

To emphasize displayed characters, as by displaying them in reverse video (light on dark rather than dark on light, and vice versa) or against a colored background.

active

Software; Operating systems

Pertaining to the device, program, file, record or portion of the screen that is currently operational or subject to command operations.

cross hatch

Software; Operating systems

Shading made up of regularly spaced, intersecting lines.

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Software; Operating systems

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compile

Software; Operating systems

To translate all the source code of a program from a high-level language into object code prior to execution of the program.

header row

Software; Operating systems

The first row in a spreadsheet. The header row contains category labels that describe the contents of the columns.

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