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Operating systems

Software that handles the basic functionality of hardware.

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Operating systems

Local service

Computer; Operating systems

A service that performs a specific function for other local processes on the computer.

Synchronous

Computer; Operating systems

Pertaining to applications or commands run in the order listed and that must finish before the next application or command is run.

Default result set

Computer; Operating systems

The default mode that SQL Server uses to return a result set back to a client.

External load balancer

Computer; Operating systems

A load-balancing mechanism that is located externally to a firewall server, e.g. a hardware-based solution.

File adapter

Computer; Operating systems

An adapter that can read messages from the file system and submit them to the server, as well as write messages from the server to a file on the file system.

Gamut

Computer; Operating systems

The particular range of colours that a device or colour model is able to produce.

Relative path

Computer; Operating systems

A path that is implied by the current working directory. When a user enters a command that refers to a file, if the full pathname is not entered, the current working directory becomes the relative ...

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