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Found 33 entries under 'B'
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boot sector (Score: 0) The first block of your hard disk, floppy or CD-ROM containing information necessary to find the active partition an... |
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bootstring (Score: 0) The string passed to the boot program that it uses to determine what operating system to load and execute as well ... |
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bottleneck (Score: 0) Occurs when demand for a particular resource is beyond the capacity of that resource, or beyond the ability of the {... |
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bps (Score: 0) bits-per-second. |
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bridge (Score: 0) A computer or other network device used to connect two networks, often considered to connect similar systems such ... |
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browser (Score: 0) Software used to access files (pages) on the Internet. |
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buffer (Score: 0) An area of computer memory or the hardware that is used to temporarily store information. |
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buffer cache (Score: 0) The system buffer that stores the most-recently accessed blocks. Note this is only used when accessing block devices.... |
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bus (Score: 0) A set of lines (such as wires or leads) used to transfer data or control information. |
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bus arbitration (Score: 0) The process of deciding which device has control of the bus. |
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bus mastering devices (Score: 0) devices which are capable of taking control of the system bus. Also called bus masters. |
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bus topology (Score: 0) A network that is laid out with each node connected to the next in a line, such as with thin wire. Compare this with s... |
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byte (Score: 3) Eight bits. |
