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Operating systems

Software that handles the basic functionality of hardware.

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Operating systems

Migrate

Computer; Operating systems

To move files or data from one software product, format, or protocol, to another.

Default home page

Computer; Operating systems

The file that is sent by a Web server when it receives a request for a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) that does not specify a file name. This document can be generated automatically by the server, or ...

What-if analysis

Computer; Operating systems

The process of changing the values in cells to see how those changes affect the outcome of formulas on a worksheet. For example, varying the interest rate that is used in an amortisation table to ...

Fact table

Computer; Operating systems

A central table in a data warehouse schema that contains numerical measures and keys relating facts to dimension tables.

Item type

Computer; Operating systems

The data definition for a class of items stored in a Web application. An item type consists of its name and references to the default set of fields (properties) associated with items of that class.

Question mark

Computer; Operating systems

The ? character, used as a punctuation mark or wildcard character.

Terminologist

Computer; Operating systems

A person who studies, documents, and recommends the standard usage of terms and their associated concepts within a given subject area.

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