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Operating systems

Software that handles the basic functionality of hardware.

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Operating systems

BBBOnLine

Software; Operating systems

A privacy seal program established by the Better Business Bureau which certifies that certain Web sites conform to baseline privacy standards. Microsoft is a sponsor of BBBOnLine.

beam

Software; Operating systems

To transfer information between mobile devices or a device and desktop computer using infrared (IR) or Bluetooth.

benchmark

Software; Operating systems

A quantitative measure of performance that is used to compare the company\'s products, services, or processes to an external standard. Competitive benchmarks are based on industry best, and process ...

Berkeley internet name domain

Software; Operating systems

An implementation of Domain Name System (DNS) written and ported to most available versions of the UNIX operating system. The Internet Software Consortium maintains the BIND software.

bind

Software; Operating systems

To connect a control to a field or group in the data source so that data entered into the control is saved to the corresponding field or group. When a control is unbound, it is not connected to a ...

B-spline

Software; Operating systems

A tool that allows a user to draw a vector path defined by a series of points that indicate the direction the path should follow.

b-tree

Software; Operating systems

A tree structure for storing database indexes.

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