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Operating systems
Software that handles the basic functionality of hardware.
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application program interface
Software; Operating systems
A set of routines that an application uses to request and carry out lower-level services performed by a computer's operating system. These routines usually carry out maintenance tasks such as ...
compress
Software; Operating systems
To reduce the size of a set of data, such as a file or a communications message, so that it can be stored in less space or transmitted with less bandwidth.
transport rule
Software; Operating systems
A concept that implements a single function point of a transport messaging policy. A transport rule contains conditions as to when to trigger this rule and an ordered set of actions as to what to do ...
uplink
Software; Operating systems
The transmission link from a computer to a networked device, such as a Windows Media Center Extender or Xbox.
transactional dead-letter queue
Software; Operating systems
For Message Queuing, a queue that stores transactional messages that cannot reach their destination queue. Transactional dead-letter queues store failed messages on the computer on which the message ...
relative link
Software; Operating systems
When a hyperlink uses a path based on a relative link, you can move the file that contains the hyperlink and the hyperlink destination without breaking the hyperlink. Move the file that contains the ...
