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Operating systems

Software that handles the basic functionality of hardware.

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Operating systems

tray

Software; Operating systems

Physical location in the array.

volume

Software; Operating systems

A single collection of files etc, generally one physical piece of media especially in the case of tape.

Windows file sharing

Software; Operating systems

The real name of the option is CIFS (Common Internet File System) on Windows, and SAMBA on Linux for instance.

write cache

Software; Operating systems

High speed RAM used to buffer data transfer from the host to the hard drive.

private cloud

Software; Operating systems

A cloud computing environment that a private organization creates for its own private use. Resources that an organization owns or directly controls are consolidated and pooled by federating ...

data at rest

Software; Operating systems

Data at rest is a term that is sometimes used to refer to all data in computer storage while excluding data that is traversing a network or temporarily residing in computer memory to be read or ...

abort

Software; Operating systems

To terminate an operation already in progress.

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