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OSS may refer to any of the following: Short for Open-source software, OSS is a software source code that is freely distributed to help develop the software or allow for customization with the software. Perl is a good example of an OSS software program. Unlike freeware, open-source software allows users to modify the code. Short for operations support systems, OSS are automated systems developed by the telecommunications industry to assist customers with services such as billing and maintenance....

The term photoshopped, sometimes abbreviated as shopped, describes a digital photograph that was retouched or edited with special software. The term originates from the program Adobe Photoshop, but can refer to any image editing software that offers features to change the appearance of a photograph. For example, a digital airbrush can enhance a photograph, remove its defects, or alter its original color composition. Content aware, Photoshop terms, Software terms Related information What program can I use to view, edit, or create images?...

When you’re infected with stubborn malware that you find difficult to remove, you might rush to install a third-party antivirus or anti-malware solution. While these work fine, Windows 10 has its own high-quality antivirus protection called Microsoft Defender (previously Windows Defender) that you can use instead. This protection is among the hundreds of Windows services and processes that make Windows unique. These include the Windows kernel (ntoskrnl.exe) and other important processes such as Antimalware Service Executable, an integral part of Microsoft Defender’s protection....

Click of death is slang describing the noise made by a computer when the hard drive actuator, arm, or head are malfunctioning. When this happens, a loud clicking is heard inside the computer. If this is happening and the computer can still boot, back up all important information on the computer before the hard drive fails. If the computer cannot boot, all information on the hard drive is considered lost, and the drive should be replaced....

VirtualBox is open-source software for virtualizing the x86 computing architecture. It acts as a hypervisor, creating a VM (virtual machine) where the user can run another OS (operating system). The operating system where VirtualBox runs is called the “host” OS. The operating system running in the VM is called the “guest” OS. VirtualBox supports Windows, Linux, or macOS as its host OS. When configuring a virtual machine, the user can specify how many CPU cores, and how much RAM and disk space should be devoted to the VM....

Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia, structured as a wiki that anyone can edit. It was launched in 2001 by Larry Sanger and Jimmy Wales. As of 2019, Wikipedia contains approximately six million articles in the English language, and 34 million articles in an additional 300 languages. Approximately 500 million people view Wikipedia every month. Wikipedia is operated by the nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation. Internet terms, Wiki, Wikimedia Foundation Related information Top 10 online services and applications....

When referring to the cartesian plane, the x-axis or horizontal axis refers to the horizontal width of a two or three-dimensional object. The illustration shows the x-axis as going left-to-right and intersecting both the y-axis and z-axis. An example of what uses the x-axis is a computer mouse. As the mouse moves left or right, the x-axis value increases and decreases, allowing the computer to know where the mouse cursor is on the screen....

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Since 2005, Microsoft has offered both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of its Windows operating system. If you’re running a 64-bit version of Microsoft Windows, there are two separate folders where your Program Files are kept: Program Files, which contains 64-bit programs and applications, and Program Files (x86), which contains 32-bit programs and applications. So what’s the difference? 64-bit applications are compiled specifically for use on a 64-bit computer. They make use of system features specific to a 64-bit architecture, and they access 64-bit versions of the Windows software libraries....

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Windows 3.1 and 3.11 basics What is Windows 3.0, 3.1, and 3.11? Basic Microsoft Windows 3.x troubleshooting. Microsoft company contact information. The history of Microsoft Windows. Top Windows 3.1 and 3.11 questions and answers Boot disk help and questions and answers. How to fix win.com errors. How to restore the system.ini and win.ini. File and folder questions and answers What is a file? What is a folder? All file-related questions and answers....

Difficulty Difficult Steps 13 Time Required 30 - 40 minutes Sections 3 Battery 2 steps Underbody 9 steps Motherboard 2 steps Flags 0 BackX-Street Lamborghini Murcielago LP670-4 SV Full Screen Options History Save to Favorites Download PDF Edit Translate Get Shareable Link Embed This Guide Notify Me of Changes Stop Notifications Introduction What you need Step 1 Battery Unscrew the two 2.5mm Phillips #00 screws from the middle of the car....

The front status light stays dark, and/or the Xbox One will not power up. Check to make sure that the power supply is plugged into a power outlet and that the other end is properly plugged into the Xbox One. If your device is still not turning on, try plugging directly into a different power outlet, not through a surge protector. If the power outlet is providing power, but the console still does not turn on then the power supply may be the issue....

Difficulty Easy Steps 5 Time Required 5 minutes Sections 4 Back Cover 1 step SIM Card 1 step Midframe 2 steps Loud Speaker 1 step Flags 0 BackZTE Maven Full Screen Options History Save to Favorites Download PDF Edit Translate Get Shareable Link Embed This Guide Notify Me of Changes Stop Notifications Introduction The loudspeaker is a small sound driver used to transmit audio to the speakers, earpiece, and external devices, such as headphones....

Short for character user interface or command-line user interface, CUI is a way for users to interact with computer programs. It works by allowing the user (client) to issue commands as one or more lines of text (referred to as command lines) to a program. Examples CUIs are MS-DOS and the Windows Command Prompt. One of the CUI’s uses is that it provides an easy way to implement programming scripts....

On April 19, 1965, in his paper “Cramming More Components Onto Integrated Circuits,” Gordon Moore made an observation, later commonly called Moore’s Law. The observation was that ever since the integrated circuit was developed, the number of transistors contained in them has doubled every two years. Dr. Gordon Moore has admitted that his law cannot be sustained indefinitely and that eventually transistors would reach the limits of miniaturization. Today, some like NVidia’s CEO Jensen Huang has declared Moore’s law dead in 2022....

Short for read-eval-print loop, REPL is the interactive top level of a programming language interpreter or command line shell. It offers the user a simple prompt, accepts expressions, evaluates them, and prints the result. Examples would be shells such as bash or csh, or the interactive interpreter of a language such as Python or Lisp. Computer acronyms, Interpreter, Programming terms

With early computers, the ROM BASIC was a ROM interpreter that allowed users to run and create BASIC programs. Today’s computers no longer include a BASIC ROM; however, users using IBM compatible computers still may encounter error messages related to the ROM BASIC. BASIC, Programming terms, ROM Related information How to fix No ROM basic system halted error.

TextPad is a shareware text editor developed by Helios Software, initially released in 1992. TextPad is an easy to use text editor with support for syntax highlighting, regular expression search support, automatic block indent, macros, file compare, text sorting, and more. Software terms, Text editor If you are looking for a free alternative to TextPad or another text editor, we recommend Notepad++. Related information How to open, view, and edit the contents of a file on a computer....

Trisquel, also known as Trisquel GNU/Linux, is an operating system based on Ubuntu Linux, first released on January 30, 2007. It is open source and uses the Linux libre kernel — a version of the linux kernel with all proprietary code removed. There is also a version of Trisquel designed for older or less powerful hardware, called Trisquel Mini. Richard Stallman of the Free Software Foundation has revealed that Trisquel is the operating system he chooses to run on his Lenovo ThinkPad X60....