Operating systems

Operating systems

Software that handles the basic functionality of hardware.

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to-do item

Software; Operating systems

A personal or work-related project, assignment, or errand to be tracked through to completion.

unit of measurement

Software; Operating systems

A standard base or derived division of quantity used for measurement or exchange.

supplier site

Software; Operating systems

A Web site designed for the creation and transmission of purchase orders between businesses that have an established relationship.

pooling

Software; Operating systems

A method of preventing a denial of service attack by limiting the number of requests that can be made to a system.

free/busy information

Software; Operating systems

Information regarding the availability of a user.

page footer

Software; Operating systems

One or more lines of text in the bottom margin area of a page. A footer may contain elements such as the page number, the name of the file, or the date.

In DNS, the supported use of wildcard characters such as the asterisk (*) in domain names for DNS queries that resolve to multiple names. When wildcarding is used, DNS servers must support resolving ...