- Industrie: Computer
- Number of terms: 318110
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- Company Profile:
An American multinational software corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services related to computing.
In a record, a field that can vary in length according to how much data it contains.
Industry:Software
A 4-byte hexadecimal number used for addressing and routing purposes. The internal network number identifies a virtual network inside a computer. The internal network number must be unique to the IPX internetwork.
Industry:Software
Noise that contains components at all frequencies, at least within the frequency band of interest. It is called "white" by analogy to white light, which contains light at all the visible frequencies. In the audible spectrum, white noise is a hiss or a roar, such as that produced when a television set is tuned to a channel over which no station is broadcasting.
Industry:Software
A type of cache with the following feature: when changes are made to cached data, they are not simultaneously made to the original data as well. Instead, the changed data is marked, and the original data is updated when the cached data is deallocated. A write-back cache can perform more quickly than a write-through cache. But in some contexts, differences between cached and original data could lead to problems, and write-through caches must be used.
Industry:Software
A register inside a Trusted Platform Module (TPM). This register is sufficiently large to contain a hash (currently only SHA-1).
Industry:Software
A physical card that represents a specific amount of computer usage time.
Industry:Software
A set of conditions that violates an implied or explicit security policy. A product vulnerability is normally addressed by a Microsoft security bulletin or a service pack.
Industry:Software
To manipulate an interface element, such as a toolbar, to share horizontal space with when it is docked top or bottom, or vertical space when docked left or right.
Industry:Software
A circuit component that passes current flowing in one direction but stops current flowing in the other direction. Rectifiers are used to convert alternating current to direct current.
Industry:Software
