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Operating systems

Software that handles the basic functionality of hardware.

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Operating systems

Mobile device

Computer; Operating systems

A piece of handheld equipment such as a portable music or video player, PDA (personal digital assistant), mobile phone, or Windows Mobile device that works on its own but can also connect to a ...

Compaction

Computer; Operating systems

The process of gathering and packing the currently allocated regions of memory or auxiliary storage into as small a space as possible, so as to create as much continuous free space as possible.

Per user ownership

Computer; Operating systems

The virtual machine ownership under which, if a self-service policy is created for a group, each group member owns and manages his own computers and, if a virtual machine quota has been set, the ...

Cofunctional mode set

Computer; Operating systems

The set of modes that are available for a particular source or target, given the constraints (for example, topology, modes pinned on other sources and targets) of a VidPN.

Room

Computer; Operating systems

A shared space where smaller groups of attendees can meet separately.

Mirror database

Computer; Operating systems

In a database mirroring session, the copy of the database that is normally fully synchronised with the principal database.

User-defined field

Computer; Operating systems

A field that you can define to track information specific to your business.

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