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Operating systems

Software that handles the basic functionality of hardware.

Contributors in Operating systems

Operating systems

Queue up

Computer; Operating systems

To add a song or other digital media item to a list of items to be played, burned, or synchronised to a device.

Device definition

Computer; Operating systems

The characteristics of a device available through the MobileCapabilities class and the DeviceSpecific control.

Revocation

Computer; Operating systems

A process by which entities are listed as having invalid licenses.

Stemmer

Computer; Operating systems

In Full-Text Search, for a given language, a stemmer generates inflectional forms of a particular word based on the rules of that language. Stemmers are language specific.

Prompt tone

Computer; Operating systems

A sound that becomes audible to the user to trigger an action by the user.

Picklist

Computer; Operating systems

A list that can be opened to reveal all choices for a given field.

Type promotion

Computer; Operating systems

The promotion of an element's scope to the namespace containing the module.

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