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Browsing 'E'
Found 33 entries under 'E'
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ECC (Score: 0) Error Checking and Correcting. Typically used to describe memory that can detect and correct errors within itself. |
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edge-triggered interrupts (Score: 0) Interrupts that are activated by the rising edge of the signal. That is when the signal is making the transition from lo... |
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EGA(Score: 0) Enhanced Graphics Adapter. Another old, old video adapter. |
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EIDE (Score: 0) Enhanced Integrated Digital Electronics. A newer device interface. Most often used in hard disks and can overcome si... |
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EIP (Score: 0) Extended Instruction Pointer. The register contains the memory location that the CPU is currently executing. |
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EISA (Score: 0) Extended Industry Standard Architecture. Enhanced version of the ISA. Developed by a consortium of companies and providi... |
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ELF (Score: 0) Executable and Linking Format. The executable program format used by newer versions of Linux. |
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emulator (Score: 0) Software that behaves like a different kind of hardware or software. |
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encapsulation (Score: 0) The process by which one data format is enclosed inside of another. This technique is used in networking to pass dat... |
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encode (Score: 0) Converting data from one form to another. The newer form is generally more easily handled than the original. For example... |
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encrypt (Score: 0) encode something so that it is no longer readable by humans or other processes. |
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encrypted password (Score: 0) The users password that is stored in encoded form in the file /etc/passwd or in /etc/shadow. |
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environment (Score: 0) The settings and values that control the way you work on the system. These include the shell you use, your home and cu... |
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environment variable (Score: 0) Variables that modify the behaviour of your login shell as well as other programs. |
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error message (Score: 0) A message indicating a problem. This can be something as simple as when input incorrect syntax to a command or som... |
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Esc. (Score: 0) The escape key. |
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escape character (Score: 0) Decimal 27, octal 033 and hexadecimal 1b. character used in many cases as a flag to indicating the following sequence ... |
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escape key (Score: 0) The key which is marked ESC on most keyboards. This key is used to generate and escape character that is often used ... |
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escape sequences (Score: 0) A sequence of characters proceeded by an escape character. This usually changes the behaviour of something. For exam... |
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escaping characters (Score: 0) The process by which you remove the special significance of characters. This is often accomplished by proceeding the... |
