Operating systems

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.

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 ...