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Operating systems

Software that handles the basic functionality of hardware.

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Complete database restore

Computer; Operating systems

A restore of a full database backup, the most recent differential database backup (if any), and the log backups (if any) taken since the full database backup.

Currency conversion

Computer; Operating systems

The process of restating foreign currency accounts of subsidiaries into equivalent currency (usually the reporting currency of the parent company), in order to prepare consolidated financial ...

Correlation type

Computer; Operating systems

A set of message properties that uniquely identifies a business process and which is used to correlate messages with orchestration instances.

Multidimensional analysis

Computer; Operating systems

A methodology often used to design OLAP systems that involves describing numeric facts (such as revenue) by business descriptors (such as customers, time, products, and so on).

Minus sign

Computer; Operating systems

The – character, based on the width of an uppercase N and used primarily as a connecting element, especially with numbers.

Diskpart.exe

Computer; Operating systems

A command-line utility for formatting and managing disc partitions and volumes.

Trim

Computer; Operating systems

To hide parts of a file or clip without deleting them from the original source. Files and clips can be trimmed by adjusting the start or end trim point.

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