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Operating systems

Software that handles the basic functionality of hardware.

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Operating systems

Spreadsheet report view

Computer; Operating systems

A report view that provides interactive functionality for a spreadsheet on a Web page.

Isolation level

Computer; Operating systems

The property of a transaction that controls the degree to which data is isolated for use by one process, and is guarded against interference from other processes.

Mailslot

Computer; Operating systems

A port in a library that transports tapes to and from library slots.

Systemroot

Computer; Operating systems

The path and folder name where the Windows system files are located. Typically, this is C:Windows, although you can designate a different drive or folder when you instal Windows. You can use the ...

Get operation

Computer; Operating systems

An operation in a source-controlled database that replaces the workspace version of a file with the specified repository version. By default, the repository version is the latest version.

Console scope

Computer; Operating systems

In the Operations Manager Operations Console, a definition of the set of computer groups for individual Operations Manager users. A console scope limits the user to seeing only those computers that ...

Forced service

Computer; Operating systems

In a database mirroring session, a failover initiated by the database owner upon the failure of the principal server that transfers service to the mirror database while it is in an unknown state. ...

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