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Browsing 'P'
Found 47 entries under 'P'
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peripheral (Score: 0) A part of the computer other than the CPU or memory. Typically a hardware device connected to the computer such ... |
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permissions (Score: 0) The settings associated with each file or directory that determines who can access the file and directory and what t... |
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physical memory (Score: 0) RAM. Random access or main memory. |
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PIC (Score: 0) Programmable Interrupt Controller. Chip on the motherboard that manages hardware interrupts. |
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PID (Score: 0) Process ID. Unique identifier for a process. This is simply the process' slot number in the process table. |
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pipe (Score: 0) A way of joining commands on the command line where the output of the first command provides the input for the... |
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polling (Score: 0) The process by which a device driver queries a devices for a response rather than waiting for the device to gene... |
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POST (Score: 0) Power-On Self-Test. Diagnostic test that the computer goes through when you first turn it on. |
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PPID (Score: 0) Parent Process ID. The ID of process which started the process being referred to. |
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PPP (Score: 0) Point-to-Point Protocol. networking protocol used across serial lines. |
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pre-initialized data (Score: 0) Variables and other structures within a program that already have their value set before the program is run. |
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preemption (Score: 0) What occurs when a process running on a CPU is replaced by a process with a higher priority. |
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print queue (Score: 0) A queue (waiting line) in which print requests are stored and wait to be sent to the printer. |
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print spooler (Score: 0) The term that describes the files and programs used to manage files to be printed. |
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printer class (Score: 0) Multiple printers that are treated as one destination in order to spread the load more equally. |
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printer interface scripts (Score: 0) shell scripts that actually send the file to the printer. |
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priority (Score: 0) The value that the scheduler calculates to determine which process should next run on the CPU. This is calculated fr... |
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process (Score: 0) An instance of a program that is being executed. Each process has a unique PID, which is that process's entry in... |
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process table (Score: 0) A data structure within the kernel that stores information about all the current processes. |
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processor (Score: 0) A chip within a computer that reads and executes the machines instructions. |
