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- USA Contributors - A list of contributors to WhatIs.com.
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- video resume - A video resume is a brief account of a job applicant'...
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- von Neumann bottleneck - The von Neumann bottleneck is a l...
- VSE - Visual Studio Express (VSE) is a freeware version of Microsoft's Visual...
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- VxWorks - VxWorks is a real-time operating system (RTOS) that can be used...
- W32.Kriz - Discovered in the fall of 1999, the Kriz virus (known more fo...
- W32.Kriz virus - Discovered in the fall of 1999, the Kriz virus (k...
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- WetPC - WetPC (TM) is a wearable computer for underwater use.
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- Why spyware isn't just a home-user problem
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- Wintel - Wintel is a computer trade industry term for personal computers b...
- Wolfram Alpha - Wolfram Alpha is a computational search engine (som...
- workstation - A workstation is a computer intended for individual use...
- Worldwide Contributors - A list of contributors to WhatIs....
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  The Parallel Network File System (pNFS) is part of the NFS v4.1 protocol that allows compute clients to access storage devices directly and in parallel.

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