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Operating systems

Software that handles the basic functionality of hardware.

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Operating systems

Mirror server

Computer; Operating systems

In a database mirroring configuration, the server instance where the mirror database resides. The mirror server is the mirroring partner whose copy of the database is currently the mirror database. ...

Designer

Computer; Operating systems

A visual design surface.

Data compartment

Computer; Operating systems

An abstraction (not a specific storage location) that consists of one or more isolated storage files, called stores, which contain the actual directory locations where data is stored. Any kind of ...

Explicit interface implementation

Computer; Operating systems

The implementation of a class or structure member that is accessible only through the interface that the class or structure implements.

Shop floor control

Computer; Operating systems

A system that uses information from the manufacturing area and elsewhere to communicate status about production orders and work centres for planning and management purposes. Shop floor control ...

What-if evaluation

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 ...

Endpoint

Computer; Operating systems

A company or entity that participates in a business-to-business (B2B) or application-to-application (A2A) data exchange.

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