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Operating systems

Software that handles the basic functionality of hardware.

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contra-account

Software; Operating systems

An account used to reduce an asset or a liability to its current value.

audio clip

Software; Operating systems

A file that contains a short audio item, usually an excerpt from a longer recording.

anonymous pipe

Software; Operating systems

An unnamed, one-way pipe that transfers data between a parent and child process, or between two child processes of the same parent process.

right-to-left

Software; Operating systems

Pertaining to keyboard settings, document views, user interface objects, languages, etc. for which text is displayed in a right-to-left direction.

compare

Software; Operating systems

To check two items, such as words, files, or numeric values, so as to determine whether they are the same or different. In a program, the outcome of a compare operation often determines which of two ...

overprint

Software; Operating systems

To print an element of one color over one of another color without removing, or knocking out, the material underneath.

full backup

Software; Operating systems

A backup of an entire database.

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