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Operating systems
Software that handles the basic functionality of hardware.
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refurbish
Software; Operating systems
To repair and/or restore programs and settings on a used computer in order to meet certain functional requirements and to allow it to be resold or repurposed.
browse
Software; Operating systems
To scan a database, a list of files, or the Internet, either for a particular item or for anything that seems to be of interest.
write-protect
Software; Operating systems
To prevent the writing (recording) of information, usually on a disk.
snap
Software; Operating systems
To automatically align drawing objects to gridlines, guides, columns, other objects, etc.
swizzle
Software; Operating systems
To reorder data within a surface so as to increase the efficiency of accessing the data within the surface.
asynchronous
Software; Operating systems
Pertaining to, being, or characteristic of something that is not dependent on timing. Each application or command runs in the specified order, but the specified item does not wait for any previously ...
