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- mobile device fragmentation - Mobile device fragmenta...
- Moblin - Moblin is a Linux-based platform that is optimized for small comp...
- Motif - Motif is a graphical user interface (GUI) guideline and development...
- MPE - MPE/iX is the operating system for the line of e3000 midrange business ...
- MPE/iX - MPE/iX is the operating system for the line of e3000 midrange bus...
- MPP - MPP (massively parallel processing) is the coordinated processing of a ...
- MPP (massively parallel processing) - MPP (ma...
- MS DOS - MS-DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System) was the Microsoft-market...
- MS-DOS - MS-DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System) was the Microsoft-market...
- MS-DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System)
- Multics - Multics (Multiplexed Information and Computing Service) was a m...
- Multics (Multiplexed Information and Computing ...
- Multiple Operating System - MULTOS (which stands for "M...
- Multiple Virtual Storage - MVS (Multiple Virtual Storage...
- Multiplexed Information and Computing Service
- multitasking - Multitasking, in an operating system, is allowing a u...
- MULTOS - MULTOS (which stands for "Multiple Operating System") is an opera...
- MULTOS (Multiple Operating System) - MULTOS (w...
- MVS - MVS (Multiple Virtual Storage) is IBM's best-known operating system for...
- MVS (Multiple Virtual Storage) - MVS (Multiple Vir...
- Nagios - Nagios is an open source applcation that monitors a computer netw...
- net filter - Netfilter is a utility in Linux 2.4 (and later releases) ...
- netfilter - Netfilter is a utility in Linux 2.4 (and later releases) th...
- netfilter/iptables - Netfilter is a utility in Linux 2.4 (and ...
- netstat - Netstat is a common command line TCP/IP networking utility avai...
- NetWare - NetWare, made by Novell, is a widely-installed network server o...
- neural network - In information technology, a neural network is a ...
- NT - Windows NT is a Microsoft Windows personal computer operating system desi...
- NT file system - NTFS (NT file system; sometimes New Technology Fi...
- NT file system; sometimes New Technology File S...
- NTFS - NTFS (NT file system; sometimes New Technology File System) is the fi...
- NTFS (NT file system; sometimes New Technology ...
- offline backup - A cold backup, also called an offline backup, is ...
- OHA - The Open Handset Alliance (OHA) is a coalition of more than 30 technolo...
- Open Handset Alliance - The Open Handset Alliance (OHA) is ...
- Open Handset Alliance (OHA) - The Open Handset Allian...
- Open Source Development Labs - Open Source Developme...
- Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) - Open So...
- open system - In a computing context, an open system is an open sourc...
- OpenBSD - OpenBSD is a free open source operating system based upon the B...
- OpenVMS - OpenVMS is an operating system from the Digital Equipment Corpo...
- OpenVZ - Virtuozzo is a software application for enterprise server virtual...
- operating system - What is an operating system? An operating sys...
- operating system (OS) - What is an operating system? An ope...
- OS - What is an operating system? An operating system (sometimes abbreviated a...
- OS 10 - OS X is version 10 of the Apple Macintosh operating system.
- OS 10.2 - Jaguar was the code name for version 10.2 of the Apple Macintos...
- OS X - OS X is version 10 of the Apple Macintosh operating system.
- OS-9 - OS-9 is a real-time operating system (RTOS) from Microware Systems th...
- OS/2 - OS/2 is an IBM operating system for the personal computer that, when ...
- OS/390 - OS/390 is the IBM operating system most commonly installed on its...
- OS/400 - OS/400 is IBM's operating system for its AS/400 and AS/400e line ...
- OSDL - Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) is a nonprofit corporation founde...
- page file - A swap file (or swap space or, in Windows NT, a pagefile) i...
- pagefile - A swap file (or swap space or, in Windows NT, a pagefile) is ...
- Palladium - Palladium is a plan from Intel, AMD, and Microsoft to build...
- Palm Operating System - Palm OS is the computer operating s...
- Palm OS - Palm OS is the computer operating system that provides a softwa...
- Palm OS (Palm Operating System) - Palm OS is the ...
- Panther - Panther was the code name for Mac OS version 10.
- parallel file system - In a computer, a file system (sometim...
- parallel processing - In computers, parallel processing is th...
- parallel processing software - Parallel processing s...
- parallel sysplex - A sysplex is IBM's systems complex (the word ...
- patch management - Patch management is an area of systems manage...
- Patch Tuesday - Patch Tuesday, also known as Black Tuesday, is the ...
- PC DOS - Also see DOS. PC-DOS (Personal Computer - Disk Operating System) ...
- PC-DOS - Also see DOS. PC-DOS (Personal Computer - Disk Operating System) ...
- PC-DOS (Personal Computer - Disk Operating System)
- PDC - Primary domain controller (PDC) and backup domain controller (BDC) are ...
- penguin - Tux, the penguin, is the generally accepted official logo for t...
- Peppermint - Peppermint is a lightweight open source operating system ...
- performance testing - Performance testing is the process of d...
- Personal Computer - Disk Operating System
- Personal Computer Disk Operating System
- Pick - Pick is a data base management system (DMS) based on a business model...
- pipe - In computer programming, especially in UNIX operating systems, a pipe...
- PKUNZIP - PKZIP (also capitalized as PKZip) is a program, originally writ...
- PKZIP - PKZIP (also capitalized as PKZip) is a program, originally written ...
- PKZIP (or PKZip) - PKZIP (also capitalized as PKZip) is a progra...
- platform - In computers, a platform is an underlying computer system on ...
- policy server - A policy server is a security component of a policy...
- polled interrupt - In a computer, a polled interrupt is a specif...
- POLP - The principle of least privilege (POLP) is the practice of limiting a...
- POST - When power is turned on, POST (Power-On Self-Test) is the diagnostic ...
- POST (Power-On Self-Test) - When power is turned on, PO...
- Power On Self Test - When power is turned on, POST (Power-On S...
- Power-On Self-Test - When power is turned on, POST (Power-On S...
- preemptive multitasking - Preemptive multitasking is task...
- primary domain controller - Primary domain controller (...
- principle of least privilege - The principle of leas...
- principle of least privilege (POLP) - The pri...
- process - A process is an instance of a program running in a computer.
- program temporary fix - In IBM, a program temporary fix (PT...
- program temporary fix (PTF) - In IBM, a program tempo...
- PTF - In IBM, a program temporary fix (PTF) is a temporary solution to a bug ...
- QDOS - QDOS was the forerunner of DOS (Disk Operating System), the first wid...
- QDOS (86-DOS) - QDOS was the forerunner of DOS (Disk Operating Syst...
- QNX - QNX is a mobile operating system that was originally developed for embe...
- quiesce - To quiesce is to put a computer, a program, a thread, or some o...
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