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Operating systems

Software that handles the basic functionality of hardware.

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Operating systems

Home network

Computer; Operating systems

Home devices that are connected together. A home network consists of a home computer or home server that controls other (non-computer) devices such as lighting, media services, appliances, etc. A ...

Organisation profile

Computer; Operating systems

A set of properties that describe a company, division, department, or other business unit within a company. For example, name, account number, spending limits, company discount, and so forth, are all ...

On-media identifier

Computer; Operating systems

A label that is electronically recorded on each medium in a Removable Storage system. Removable Storage uses on-media identifiers to track media in the Removable Storage database.

Source area

Computer; Operating systems

A cell range that you consolidate in the destination area you specify.

Secondary site

Computer; Operating systems

An SMS/Configuration Manager site that does not have access to a SQL Server database, is always a child of a primary site, and is administered solely through its parent or through another primary ...

Sub-bill of material

Computer; Operating systems

A bill of material that makes up a component of another bill of material.

Partition function

Computer; Operating systems

A function that defines how the rows of a partitioned table or index are spread across a set of partitions based on the values of certain columns, called partitioning columns.

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