:OS: /O-S/ 1. [{Operating System}] n. An abbreviation heavily
used in email, occasionally in speech. 2. n.,obs. On ITS, an
output spy. See "{OS and JEDGAR}" (in {Appendix
A}).
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used in email, occasionally in speech. 2. n.,obs. On ITS, an
output spy. See "{OS and JEDGAR}" (in {Appendix
A}).
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Related:
- OS /O-S/
1. [Operating System] n. An abbreviation heavily
used in email,
occasionally in speech. 2. n. obs. On ITS, an output... - exec: /eg-zek'/ vt., n. 1. [UNIX: from `execute'] Synonym for
{chain},
derives from the `exec(2)' call. 2. [from `executive']... - TOPS-10:: /tops-ten/ n. DEC's proprietary OS for the fabled {PDP-10}
machines,
long a favorite of hackers but now effectively extinct... - system: n. 1. The supervisor program or OS on a computer.
2. The entire computer system, including input/output... - trap: 1. n. A program interrupt, usually an interrupt caused by
some exceptional situation in the user program.
In most cases, the OS performs some action, then... - ITS /I-T-S/ n.
1. Incompatible Time-sharing System,
an influential though highly idiosyncratic operating... - TOPS-10 /tops-ten/ n.
DEC's proprietary OS for the
fabled PDP-10 machines,
long a favorite of hackers but now effectively extinct... - root: [UNIX] n. 1. The {superuser} account (with user name
`root') that ignores permission bits,
user number 0 on a UNIX system. The term {avatar}... - X: /X/ n. 1. Used in various speech and writing contexts (also
in lowercase) in roughly its algebraic sense of `unknown within a
set defined by context' (compare {N}).
Thus, the abbreviation 680x0 stands for 68000, 68010...
From the same category:
- There is what I call the American idea.... This idea demands,
as the proximate organization thereof, a democracy... - OS/2 is destined to be a very important piece of software.
During the next 10 years, millions of programmers... - If we do not succeed, then we run the risk of failure.
Vice President Dan Quayle, to the Phoenix Republican... - SMILEY
:
) smiley... - Hash may be expensive but you pay for powder through
the nose...
