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Operating systems
Software that handles the basic functionality of hardware.
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Megabyte
Computer; Operating systems
Usually 1,048,576 bytes. It is sometimes interpreted as 1 million bytes.
Slider
Computer; Operating systems
A common Windows control that displays and sets a value from a continuous range of possible values, such as brightness or volume.
Resource leak
Computer; Operating systems
A type of software bug that can occur in Windows-based applications developed in Visual C++ if the application is not programmed to release a system resource in the source code.
E-mail harvesting
Computer; Operating systems
The process of collecting new e-mail addresses, through legitimate or illegitimate means, for the purpose of adding them to a spam database.
Qualifier
Computer; Operating systems
A modifier containing information that describes a class, instance, property, method, or parameter. Qualifiers are defined by the Common Information Model (CIM), by the CIM Object Manager, and by ...
Server role
Computer; Operating systems
The primary function of the server, as enabled by the grouping of features and services that the server administrator specifies.
