Operating systems

Operating systems

Software that handles the basic functionality of hardware.

Industry: Software

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Hot standby

Computer; Operating systems

A standby server that can support rapid failover without a loss of data from committed transactions.

Spoof

Computer; Operating systems

To make a transmission appear to come from a user other than the user who performed the action.

Minimise

Computer; Operating systems

To reduce a window to a button on the taskbar by clicking the minimise button (leftmost button on the right side of the title bar) or by pressing ALT+SPACEBAR and then pressing N.

Placeholders

Computer; Operating systems

Boxes with dotted or hatch-marked borders that are part of most slide layouts. These boxes hold title and body text or objects such as charts, tables, and pictures.

Medium organisation

Computer; Operating systems

An organisation with between 50-999 employees and between 25-499 personal computers.

A logic chip that is programmed by the customer, not the manufacturer. Like a gate array, a PLD is a collection of logic gates. Unlike a gate array, a PLD does not need to be programmed as part of ...