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| A wizard in Windows XP that helps you locate and connect to shared folders on networked computers. |
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| A wizard used in Windows XP to make a printer available for your applications. |
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| A program that helps users perform tasks on a PC, such as creating a spreadsheet. |
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| A device that moves information in blocks or groups of bytes instead of characters. An example is a disk drive. |
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| A WDM driver for an I/O bus. It provides per-slot functionality that is device driven. |
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| A device that transmits or receives information as streams of characters, one character at a time. An example is a keyboard. |
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| command-line interface (CLI) |
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| A program you use to give commands to an operating system. |
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| A special program that helps you create or edit files that contain specific operating instructions for a PC. |
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| The process of storing and restoring the state of a processor (the context) so that multiple processes can share a single processor. |
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| A form of multitasking in which each process controls the length of time it maintains exclusive control over the CPU. |
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| A generic term for any operating system that is loaded from disk devices when the system is started or restarted. |
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| dynamic link library (DLL) |
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| A library of executable functions or data that can be used by a Windows XP application. |
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| An expanded memory manager that creates expanded memory using extended memory. |
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| EMS (Expanded Memory Specification) |
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| A technique for adding memory to PCs to bypass the 640-KB limit on addressable memory. |
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| A feature in Windows XP that allows users to switch between user accounts on a single PC without quitting applications and logging out. |
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| AWDM driver that filters the I/O requests for a device, a class of devices, or a bus. |
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| A window manager that is available on Fedora Core 4. |
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| Software that is available free of charge for personal use. Freeware is frequently distributed on the Web. |
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| AWDM driver that drives an individual device. |
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| GDI (graphical device interface) |
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| The display language interface for Microsoft Windows systems. |
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| A suite of free software based on an interpreter of the Adobe PostScript and Portable Document Format (PDF) page description languages. |
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| The default desktop for Red Hats distribution of Fedora Core 4. |
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| GNU General Public License |
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| A set of programs written by the Free Software Foundation to provide a free UNIX framework. (GNU stands for GNUs Not UNIX.) |
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| The device that manages the use of extended memory and the high memory area. |
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| A directory associated with a user account under Fedora Core 4. |
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| The default desktop for the SUSE distribution of Fedora Core 4. |
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| The core of an operating system. The kernel manages memory, files, and peripheral devices, as well as starting applications and allocating system resources. |
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| A type of kernel that provides a smaller interface over the hardware. Minimal supervisor kernel mode services are provided; some services are executed in user mode. |
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| Microsoft Windows Installer |
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| An installation and configuration service that ships as part of the Windows XP operating system. |
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| A type of kernel that provides a high-level virtual interface over the hardware. Kernel mode handles the memory management, the scheduler, and device interfaces. |
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| A command used in Fedora Core 4 to connect to shared folders on networked computers. The command mounts the remote share. |
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| The simultaneous execution of instructions by multiple processors within a single computer. |
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| Concurrently running all active processes and threads on the PC. |
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| Running several processes in rapid sequence (multitasking) within a single program. |
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| A users home directory in Windows XP. |
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| A category used by Fedora Core 4 for network devices. The Fedora Core 4 kernel uses packets with these devices. |
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| A unit of information transferred as a whole from one device to another on a network. |
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| A number that identifies an actual storage (memory) location in the physical memory on a computer. |
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| A page description language developed and marketed by Adobe Systems. |
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| A multitasking process in which the OS ensures that all active threads have the opportunity to execute. Preemptive multitasking prevents a single thread from monopolizing a processor. |
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| An operating mode for Intel 80286 and higher processors that supports multitasking, data security, and virtual memory. |
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| An operating mode that allows the execution of only one program at a time. Programs can only access 1024 KB of memory and use a 16-bit data path. |
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| Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) |
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| The Fedora Core 4 manager that provides installation services for applications. |
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| An application that allows the user to edit the entries in the Registry. |
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| A central hierarchical database used by Windows XP to store information that is needed to configure the system for one or more users, applications, and hardware devices. |
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| A communications protocol used by Fedora Core 4 to support sharing of resources across a network. |
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| Server Message Block (SMB) |
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| A communications protocol used by Windows-based operating systems to support sharing of resources across a network. |
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| A collection of applications that make up and relate to the operating system. |
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| Another term for a computer monitor. |
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| symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) |
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| A system that distributes tasks among CPUs using a load-sharing method. |
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| A program used in Fedora Core 4 to set up your printer. |
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| An application used to track the progress of and provide necessary |
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| A program that allows a user to create or edit text files. |
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| The basic unit of program execution. A process can have several threads running concurrently, each performing a different job. |
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| A privileged Fedora Core 4 command used by a system administrator to view system information. |
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| A program that performs system-related tasks and maintenance on the operating system. |
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| A memory location that intervening hardware and software map to physical memory. |
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| The command in Fedora Core 4 used to edit the /etc/sudoers file. |
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| Windows Driver Model (WDM) |
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| A 32-bit architecture for creating device drivers for Windows. |
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| XMS (Extended Memory Specification) |
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| A technique for using extended memory in real mode to store data (but not executable code). |
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