Operating systems

Operating systems

Software that handles the basic functionality of hardware.

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Computer; Operating systems

A variable-length data type that can hold a maximum of 2^30 - 1 (1,073,741,823) characters.

A device that enables the transmission of typed messages over phone lines. These devices typically include keyboards for typing messages to send and display and/or printers to receive messages from ...

Digital envelope

Computer; Operating systems

Private messages encrypted using the recipient's public key. Enveloped messages can only be decrypted by using the recipient's private key, allowing only the recipient to understand the message.

Push replication

Computer; Operating systems

Replication that is invoked at the source.

Wavelet

Computer; Operating systems

A mathematical function that varies over a limited extent of time. Wavelets are coming into increasing use for analysing signals (such as sound). They have limited duration and sudden changes in ...

Telephone device for the deaf

Computer; Operating systems

Constructed generic type

Computer; Operating systems

A generic type whose generic type parameters have been specified. A constructed type or method can be an open generic type if some of its type arguments are type parameters of enclosing types or ...