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Operating systems

Software that handles the basic functionality of hardware.

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Conversation

Computer; Operating systems

A real-time communication session between two or more users. A session can involve IM, video, or audio.

Property inspector

Computer; Operating systems

A dynamic properties viewer that displays the properties of the current selection, usually of a particular type of object. Compare property sheet.

Index role

Computer; Operating systems

The role name of a server that services indexing in the farm topology.

Security host

Computer; Operating systems

An authentication device, supplemental to standard Windows and remote access server security, that verifies whether a caller from a remote client is authorised to connect to the remote access server.

Picture element

Computer; Operating systems

The smallest element used to form the composition of an image on a computer monitor. Computer monitors display images by drawing thousands of very small pixels arranged in columns and rows.

Target logical datacenter

Computer; Operating systems

The logical datacenter definition to which the system is being deployed.

Data channel

Computer; Operating systems

A separate channel of an Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) line that is used for ISDN signaling. For ISDN Basic Rate Interface (BRI), the D-channel is 16 kilobits per second (Kbps). For ISDN ...

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