(computer science) a computer memory consisting of an array of magnetic cores; now superseded by semiconductor memories
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Operating systems.
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Disk operating system
an operating system that is on a disk
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(computer science) a program that determines how a computer will communicate with a peripheral device
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Operating systems.(computer science) a program that determines how a computer will communicate with a peripheral device
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Operating systems.(computer science) a read-only memory chip that can be erased by ultraviolet light and programmed again with new data
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Operating systems.(computer science) a read-only memory chip that can be erased by ultraviolet light and programmed again with new data
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Operating systems.(computer science) memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Operating systems.(computer science) a computer memory consisting of an array of magnetic cores; now superseded by semiconductor memories
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Operating systems.(computer science) software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Operating systems.(computer science) software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Operating systems.(computer science) memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Operating systems.(computer science) memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Operating systems.(computer science) memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Operating systems.(computer science) a high-speed internal memory used for temporary storage of preliminary information
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Operating systems.(computer science) memory created by using the hard disk to simulate additional random-access memory; the addressable storage space av…
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Operating systems.(computer science) memory created by using the hard disk to simulate additional random-access memory; the addressable storage space av…
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Operating systems.an instruction that interrupts the program being executed and passes control to the supervisor
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Operating systems.an instruction that interrupts the program being executed and passes control to the supervisor
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Operating systems.an electronic memory device; "a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached"
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Operating systems.
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Its definition shares important concepts with this word: operating, system, disk.(physics) a point in the ideal multidimensional phase space that is used to describe a system toward which the system tends to evolve…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: operating, system, disk.(physics) a point in the ideal multidimensional phase space that is used to describe a system toward which the system tends to evolve…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: operating, system, disk.a pre-compiled, pre-linked program that is ready to run under a given operating system; a binary for one operating system will not run…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: operating, system, disk.a pre-compiled, pre-linked program that is ready to run under a given operating system; a binary for one operating system will not run…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: operating, system, disk.cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes; "boot your computer"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: operating, system, disk.cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes; "boot your computer"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: operating, system, disk.A system of carrying on the business of government by means of departments or bureaus, each under the control of a chief, in contradic…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: operating, system, disk.(computer science) the amount of information (in bytes) that can be stored on a disk drive; "the capacity of a hard disk drive is usua…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: operating, system, disk.Any system of rules or regulations relating to one subject; as, the medical code, a system of rules for the regulation of the professi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: operating, system, disk.Having the form of a disk, as those univalve shells which have the whorls in one plane, so as to form a disk, as the pearly nautilus.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: operating, system, disk.A disk. See Disk.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: operating, system, disk.
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