- Industry: Computer
- Number of terms: 318110
- Number of blossaries: 26
- 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.
The command interpreter that is used to pass commands to the operating system.
Industry:Software
A startup process that begins with turning on the computer's power. Typically, a cold boot involves some basic hardware checking by the system, after which the operating system is loaded from disk into memory.
Industry:Software
A startup process that begins with turning on the computer's power. Typically, a cold boot involves some basic hardware checking by the system, after which the operating system is loaded from disk into memory.
Industry:Software
To retrieve a writable copy of a file or project from a source repository. This locks the file for editing to prevent others from overwriting or editing it inadvertently.
Industry:Software
A small x or other sign that appears in the check box if the option represented by the box is selected.
Industry:Software
A rectangular area on a computer screen in which programs and content appear. A window can be moved, resized, minimized, or closed.
Industry:Software
A secondary window that allows users to perform a command, asks users a question, or provides users with information or progress feedback.
Industry:Software
A personal or work-related project, assignment, or errand to be tracked through to completion.
Industry:Software
