Terms related to operating systems, including definitions about open source and proprietary operating systems and words and phrases about system programs, boot mechanisms, kernels, command interpreters, DLL libraries and drivers.
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- .ini - INI is a file name extension used in Microsoft Windows.
- .NET - .NET is both a business strategy from Microsoft and its collection of...
- 86 DOS - QDOS was the forerunner of DOS (Disk Operating System), the first...
- 86-DOS - QDOS was the forerunner of DOS (Disk Operating System), the first...
- 99.999 - In computers, 99.999 (often called "five 9s") refers to a desired...
- 99.999 (Five nines or Five 9s) - In computers, 99....
- access control list - An access control list (ACL) is a table...
- access control list (ACL) - An access control list (ACL...
- ACL - An access control list (ACL) is a table that tells a computer operating...
- ACT - Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT) is a set of freely downloadable...
- Advanced Interactive eXecutive - AIX is an open op...
- Advanced Program-to-Program Communication
- AIX - AIX is an open operating system from IBM that is based on a version of ...
- AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) - AIX i...
- Andrew - Andrew was a joint project between Carnegie-Mellon University and...
- Android 4 - Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) is a version of Google...
- Android 4.0 - Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) is a version of Go...
- Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich - Android 4.0 Ice C...
- Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) - Andro...
- Android 4.2 Jelly Bean - Android 4.2 Jelly Bean is the ver...
- Android Ice Cream Sandwich - Android 4.0 Ice Cream San...
- Android OS - Android OS is a Linux-based open source platform for mobi...
- android sdk - Android OS is a Linux-based open source platform for mo...
- Antigen - Sybari's Antigen is antivirus software for Lotus Domino and Mic...
- APPC - APPC (Advanced Program-to-Program Communication, sometimes called LU ...
- APPC (Advanced Program-to-Program Communication...
- Application Compatibility Toolkit - Application...
- Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT)
- Arista Extensible Operating System (Arista EOS)
- atomic - In ancient philosophy, an atom was the ultimate unit of matter on...
- autoexec.bat - AUTOEXEC.BAT is a file containing Disk Operating Syst...
- autonomic computing - Autonomic computing is a self-managing ...
- AutoPlay - AutoRun is a feature of the Windows operating system that cau...
- AutoRun - AutoRun is a feature of the Windows operating system that cause...
- backup domain controller - Primary domain controller (PD...
- bash - Bash (Bourne Again Shell ) is the free version of the Bourne shell di...
- bash (Bourne Again Shell) - Bash (Bourne Again Shell ) ...
- basic I/O system - BIOS (basic input/output system) is the progr...
- basic input/output system - BIOS (basic input/output sy...
- basic IO system - BIOS (basic input/output system) is the program...
- Basis - Basis is a set of middleware programs and tools from SAP, the Germa...
- BDC - Primary domain controller (PDC) and backup domain controller (BDC) are ...
- beep code - A beep code is the audio signal given out by a computer to ...
- BeOS - BeOS is a personal computer operating system that its makers describe...
- Berkeley Software Distribution - BSD (originally: ...
- BIOS - BIOS (basic input/output system) is the program a personal computer's...
- BIOS (basic input/output system) - BIOS (basic i...
- Bison - Bison is a program that converts the formal description of a comput...
- Black Tuesday - Patch Tuesday, also known as Black Tuesday, is the ...
- board support package - A board support package (BSP) is es...
- boot - To boot (as a verb; also "to boot up") a computer is to load an opera...
- boot loader - A boot loader, also called a boot manager, is a small p...
- boot loader (boot manager) - A boot loader, also calle...
- boot manager - A boot loader, also called a boot manager, is a small...
- boot up - To boot (as a verb; also "to boot up") a computer is to load an...
- booting - To boot (as a verb; also "to boot up") a computer is to load an...
- Bourne Again Shell - Bash (Bourne Again Shell ) is the free ve...
- Bourne shell - The Bourne shell is the original UNIX shell (command ...
- BSD - BSD (originally: Berkeley Software Distribution) refers to the particul...
- BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution) - BSD (...
- C shell - C shell is the UNIX shell (command execution program, often cal...
- CDE - The Common Desktop Environment (CDE) is a standardized graphical user i...
- change mode - In a UNIX-based operating system, chmod (change mode) i...
- chmod - In a UNIX-based operating system, chmod (change mode) is a command ...
- chmod (change mode) - In a UNIX-based operating system, chmod...
- Chromebook - Google Chromebook is a thin client laptop that is configu...
- CICS - CICS (Customer Information Control System) is an online transaction p...
- CICS (Customer Information Control System)
- CIW - In IBM's AS/400 and iSeries line of computers, CIW (Computer Intensive ...
- CIW (Computer Intensive Workload) - In IBM's AS...
- clean install - A clean install is a software installation in which...
- CLI - A CLI (command line interface) is a user interface to a computer's oper...
- CLI - Part of Microsoft's .NET strategy, Common Language Infrastructure (CLI)...
- cloud OS - Cloud OS is a marketing label used to describe a lightweight ...
- cluster computing - In computers, clustering is the use of mult...
- clustering - In computers, clustering is the use of multiple computers...
- cold backup - A cold backup, also called an offline backup, is a data...
- cold backup (offline backup) - A cold backup, also c...
- cold buffer - In data processing, a cold buffer is a buffer (segment ...
- command - In computers, a command is a specific order from a user to the ...
- command interpreter - A command interpreter is the part of a ...
- command line interface - A CLI (command line interface) is...
- command line interface (CLI) - A CLI (command line i...
- Commercial Processing Workload - CPW (Commercial P...
- Common Desktop Environment - The Common Desktop Enviro...
- Common Desktop Environment (CDE) - The Common De...
- Common Language Infrastructure - Part of Microsoft...
- Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) - Part ...
- Compute Intensive Workload - In IBM's AS/400 and iSeri...
- computer file - In data processing, using an office metaphor, a fil...
- Computer Intensive Workload - In IBM's AS/400 and iSe...
- Conficker - Conficker is a fast-spreading worm that targets a vulnerabi...
- CONFIG.SYS - CONFIG.SYS is a text file containing DOS (Disk Operating ...
- contiguous - Contiguous describes two or more objects that are adjacen...
- Control-Alt-Delete - In a personal computer with the Windows o...
- Conversational Monitor System - CMS (Conversational...
- Conversational Monitor System (CMS) - CMS (Co...
- core dump - A core dump is the printing or the copying to a more perman...
- Cosmos - Cosmos is an open source, evolving, .NET-based operating system d...