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Disable may refer to any of the following: The act of permanently or temporarily turning off or preventing an event from occurring. For example, someone may press their Wi-Fi button on their laptop computer to disable their wireless network connection. Recovery console command, see the disable command for additional information about this command. Related information How to enable and disable Wi-Fi. How to disable a device in Device Manager. How to toggle Scroll Lock, Num Lock, and Caps Lock....

Anyone that has ever played a game online knows what a NAT type is – and they usually don’t have good implications, as NAT errors tend to prevent people from playing together. The problem only gets worse when dealing with a double NAT. Double NAT isn’t necessarily bad. You might not even notice it though it can give you some unforeseen problems with some applications and hardware. Some of them are related to services that need UPnP (Universal Plug-and-Play) support or manual port forwarding....

A standard introduced in 1989 to replace the original GIF87a standard. The GIF89a standard is commonly called an animated GIF because of it’s ability to create animated pictures as a single image. However, this standard also gives a GIF the ability of being a transparent image. In the animated image on this page, the animated GIF displays “Computerhope.com Free computer help!” (if the browser supports animated images). How big is an animated GIF?...

Short for Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT is a coeducational, privately endowed research University known for its computer science and engineering departments and programs. For more information, visit the MIT website and review the MIT OPENCOURSEWARE. Computer acronyms, E ink, Kerberos, NCSA, Scratch

MorphOS is a part proprietary, part open source operating system for PowerPC processors that supports applications written for the Amiga computer. MorphOS platform support Pegasos Amiga EFIKA Mac Mini G4 EMac Power Mac G4 PowerBook G4 iBook G4 Power Mac G5 CamelCase, Operating System terms, PowerPC Related information The official MorphOS website.

Short for pseudo-terminal secondary, pts is a process of a pseudoterminal in Unix-like operating systems, such as Linux, BSD, and macOS. Computer acronyms, Network terms, Process, Ptm, Pty, TTY Related information To see running processes on a Unix-like operating system, use the ps command.

SDLC may refer to any of the following: Short for synchronous data link control, SDLC is a data transmission protocol developed by IBM in the 1970s that is used by networks utilizing SNA (System Network Architecture). Also called the waterfall model or software development life cycle, SDLC is short for systems development life cycle. It is a set of steps taken from the beginning to the end of a development....

Setuid, which stands for set user ID on execution, is a special type of file permission in Unix and Unix-like operating systems such as Linux and BSD. It is a security tool that permits users to run certain programs with escalated privileges. When an executable file’s setuid permission is set, users may execute that program with a level of access that matches the user who owns the file. For instance, when a user wants to change their password, they run the passwd command....

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Difficulty Moderate Steps 4 Time Required 2 minutes Sections 2 Battery 2 steps Front Panel 2 steps Flags 0 BackXiaomi Yi 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 front panel does not include the lens, but does allow you access to other internal parts of the camera; or, to replace a damaged front panel....

A continuum may refer to any of the following: In mathematics, the term continuum refers to the set of real numbers. The cardinality of the continuum is the “size” of this set. Technically, this size is infinity, but this infinity may be larger or smaller than other infinite sets of numbers. This notion of “relative infinity” is defined by a theory called the continuum hypothesis. The Continuum is an online, turn-based role-playing game written in Adobe Flash....

Short for crash to desktop, CTD is a term referring to a program crash that results in closing all open windows and reverting to the computer desktop. The cause of this type of crash can be difficult to determine because of its intermittent nature. These crashes are also difficult to troubleshoot because they do not display any error messages to the user before crashing to the desktop screen. Computer acronyms, Desktop, Software terms...

A cyberextortionist is a person or group of people that participate in cyberextortion. Cyberextortion is a computer crime where the extortionist demands payment, goods, or a service to stop an attack or recover deleted or encrypted data. For example, a cyberextortionist may infect a company’s network and computers with ransomware that encrypts all their data. They demand payment through bitcoin for the encryption key to decrypt and unlock the company’s data....

Shorthand used commonly in chat rooms to say in my humble opinion. IMHO can also mean in my honest opinion. Alternatively, you can use the IMHBCO abbreviation, which is short for in my humble but correct opinion. Chat terms, IMAO, IMO, YMMV Related information Top 10 terms every parent of teenagers should know. What are the most important computer terms I should know?

Initially released in 2016, the Moto Z is a line of Android smartphones manufactured by Motorola. The phone introduced the unique capability of attaching a large variety of proprietary accessories (called Moto Mods) to the device. Moto Mods affix to the back of the phone, adding functionality to it. They are interchangeable based on the user’s needs. Examples of Moto Mods include enhanced speakers, larger batteries, projectors, and camera lenses....

Page orientation or print orientation is the placement of elements on a page that are set through the page setup. The majority of all programs allow the page orientation to be either portrait or landscape. The picture is an example of the printer paper orientation set up through printer options in Microsoft Windows. Landscape, Orientation, Page, Portrait, Printer terms, Word processor terms Related information How to change my printer from Portrait to Landscape mode....

Twitch may refer to any of the following: Twitch or TTV (Twitch.tv) is a website that allows gamers to stream live videos of themselves playing computer games. It was launched in June 2011 as a subsidiary of the personal streaming website Justin.tv. In any Twitch channel, the streamer usually inlays a webcam video and interacts with their audience with an IRC-style chatroom and a microphone. Viewers may subscribe to the channel for a fee, donate money to the streamer, or support the streamer financially by watching the occasional video advertisement....

Windows Embedded is a group of Microsoft operating systems designed to be used and run on embedded computer systems. The embedded computer systems that run these operating systems include small-footprint, real-time devices and Point of Sales systems like kiosks. Only OEM system builders can obtain these Windows Embedded operating systems. Windows Embedded family Windows Embedded Compact (previously known as Windows CE, first released in 1996) Windows Embedded Standard (an updated version of Windows XP Embedded) Windows Embedded POSReady Windows Embedded Automotive (for use in vehicles) Windows Embedded Handheld 6....

Symbian OS was the most widely-used smartphone operating system in the world until 2010, when it was overtaken by Android. Development of Symbian OS was discontinued in May 2014. Symbian OS began as an operating system called EPOC, which was developed in the 1980s by a company named Psion. In 1998, in a joint venture with telephone manufacturers Nokia, Ericsson, and Motorola, Psion became Symbian, Ltd., and EPOC became Symbian OS....