Operating systems

Operating systems

Software that handles the basic functionality of hardware.

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Subordinate shape

Computer; Operating systems

In an organisation chart, a shape that is placed below and connected to a superior (or manager) shape.

A chain of device objects that represent the drivers for a device. Each device stack contains a device object for each driver that is part of handling input/output (I/O) to a particular device. The ...

Subnet mask

Computer; Operating systems

A 32-bit value that enables the recipient of Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) packets to distinguish the network ID and host ID portions of the IPv4 address. Typically, subnet masks use the format ...

Literal

Computer; Operating systems

A value used exactly as you see it. For example, the number 25 and the string "Hello" are both literals.

Send pipeline

Computer; Operating systems

A pipeline that is executed on messages before they are sent out of the BizTalk server.

Colour balance

Computer; Operating systems

A feature that lets the user change the overall colour and tonal values of an image or object through three parameters: source lighting, saturation, and colour balance.

Non-authoritative recovery

Computer; Operating systems

A restore operation performed on an Active Directory domain controller in which the objects in the restored directory are not treated as authoritative. The restored objects are updated with changes ...