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Browsing 'B'
Found 33 entries under 'B'
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back-slash (Score: 0) A backward slash (\\). Used to 'escape' or block the special meaning of many characters. Also called a descending slas... |
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back-tick (Score: 0) Similar to an apostrophe, except that it slants from upper right to lower left. Used to hold the output of a command... |
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background process (Score: 0) A process that does not require interaction with the user to run; while a background process runs, the user can cont... |
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backup (Score: 0) A copy of files, directories, or filesystems, normally used as protection against accidental deletion, but also used a... |
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bad track (Score: 0) A track on the hard disk that can no longer be read from or written to properly. Bad tracks are listed in a bad track ... |
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bandwidth (Score: 0) Refers to the maximum I/O throughput of a system. Although this normally refers to communications channels such as Ether... |
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base address (Score: 0) The setting used to access expansion cards. |
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basename (Score: 0) The file name component of a path. This can also refer to the 'primary' portion of a file name. For example, the base na... |
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Basis Input/Output Services (Score: 0) BIOS. Special chip set on the computer that is used to access the hardware. Mainly used during boot-up and shutdown,... |
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bdflush (Score: 0) The buffer flushing daemon, which writes the contents of dirty buffers from the buffer cache to disk. |
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binary (Score: 0) The numerical system of counting with only two digits - 0 and 1. Also called base 2. |
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binding (Score: 0) The process of joining two components. networking programs are often bound to a port, or key presses in the X-Wind... |
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BIOS (Score: 0) Basis Input/Output Services. Special chip set on the computer that is used to access the hardware. Mainly used during ... |
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bit (Score: 0) A binary digit. Either a 0 or a 1. |
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bitmap (Score: 0) A representation such as a picture or table that is stored as a series of 0's and 1's. Each character represents a sin... |
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block device (Score: 0) A hardware device that is accessed with buffering within the operating system. Although such device can be read ... |
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blocking (Score: 0) I/O where the process is forced to wait until the operation is complete. Also known as synchronous I/O. |
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boat loader (Score: 0) A programme used to start (or boot) an operating system. |
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boot (Score: 0) The process by which the computer is powered on and goes through the necessary steps to load and start the {operating ... |
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boot device (Score: 0) The device (usually a floppy or a hard disk) from which the system is booted. |
