Operating systems

Operating systems

Software that handles the basic functionality of hardware.

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boot loader

Software; Operating systems

A boot loader, also called a boot manager, is a small program that places the operating system (OS) of a computer into memory. When a computer is powered-up or restarted, the basic input/output ...

The Bourne shell is the original UNIX shell (command execution program, often called a command interpreter) that was developed at AT&T. Named for its developer, Stephen Bourne, the Bourne shell is ...

Berkeley software distribution (BSD)

Software; Operating systems

BSD (originally: Berkeley Software Distribution) refers to the particular version of the UNIX operating system that was developed at and distributed from the University of California at Berkeley. ...

application compatibility toolkit (ACT)

Software; Operating systems

Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT) is a set of freely downloadable program utilities and related documents from Microsoft for ensuring compatibility among application programs in Windows ...

.ini

Software; Operating systems

INI is a file name extension used in Microsoft Windows. The letters stand for initialization. As this term implies, INI files are used to initialize, or set parameters for, the operating system and ...

access control list (ACL)

Software; Operating systems

An access control list (ACL) is a table that tells a computer operating system which access rights each user has to a particular system object, such as a file directory or individual file. Each ...

pipebind object

Software; Operating systems

A special object that is unique to Windows PowerShell for SharePoint and provides a second layer of specialized parameter sets that are optimized for SharePoint Foundation.