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Operating systems
Software that handles the basic functionality of hardware.
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Real address
Computer; Operating systems
An absolute (machine) address specifying a physical location in memory.
Protection
Computer; Operating systems
The process of protecting data from loss or corruption by centrally creating and maintaining replicas and shadow copies of the data. DPM is designed to provide short-term disk-based backup, to ...
Tablet pen
Computer; Operating systems
The pen that comes with a mobile device or Tablet PC, and is used to navigate through the applications and input information.
Extensibility
Computer; Operating systems
The capacity to extend or stretch the functionality of the development environment - to add something to it that didn't exist there before.
Resource dictionary
Computer; Operating systems
A collection of resources into a single XAML document.
Nullable type
Computer; Operating systems
In C#, an instance of the System.Nullable struct that can represent the normal range of values for its underlying value type, plus an additional null value.
Sample
Computer; Operating systems
A subset of a population to represent the characteristics of the entire population being studied.
