Chapter 8 - Operating Systems and Utility Programs
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| Computer account held by computer and network administrators that enables them to access all files and programs on the computer or network, install programs, and specify settings that affect all users on a computer or network. | show 🗑
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| show | adware
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| Program that detects and deletes adware from a user's computer. | show 🗑
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| show | Aero Flip 3-D
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| Program that attempts to remove spam before it reaches a user’s inbox. | show 🗑
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| show | antivirus program
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| Operating system feature that automatically provides updates to a program. | show 🗑
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| show | back up
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| show | background
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| show | backup utility
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| Firmware that contains the computer’s startup instructions. | show 🗑
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| Basic input/output system; firmware that contains the computer’s startup instructions. | show 🗑
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| Operating system that runs on handheld devices supplied by RIM (Research In Motion). | show 🗑
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| show | boot disk
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| Drive from which a personal computer boots (starts). | show 🗑
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| Process of starting or restarting a computer. | show 🗑
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| Segment of memory or storage in which items are placed while waiting to be transferred from an input device or to an output device. | show 🗑
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| Program errors. | show 🗑
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| show | client operating systems
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| Process of turning on a computer that has been powered off completely. | show 🗑
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| show | command language
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| Type of user interface in which a user types commands or presses special keys on the keyboard (such as function keys or key combinations) to enter data and instructions. | show 🗑
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| show | compress
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| Program that runs the same on multiple operating systems. | show 🗑
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| show | defragmenting
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| show | Desktop Gadget Gallery
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| show | device driver
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| Program that runs only on a specific type or make of computer. | show 🗑
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| Operating systems that run on computers provided by a variety of manufacturers. | show 🗑
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| Utility program that writes text, graphics, audio, and video files to a recordable or rewritable CD, DVD, or Blu-ray Disc. | show 🗑
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| show | disk cleanup
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| Utility that reorganizes the files and unused space on a computer’s hard disk so that the operating system accesses data more quickly and programs run faster. | show 🗑
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| Windows Vista feature that helps users locate documents by showing thumbnails that preview documents' content and allowing users to adjust thumbnail size to view document without opening it. | show 🗑
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| show | driver
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| show | embedded Linux
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| show | embedded operating system
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| show | encryption
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| show | Explorers
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| show | fault-tolerant computer
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| show | file compression utility
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| Utility that performs functions related to file management. | show 🗑
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| Windows Vista feature that works with the mouse to flip through open windows arranged in a stack. | show 🗑
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| show | folder
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| show | foreground
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| State of a file whose contents are scattered across two or more noncontiguous sectors of a disk. | show 🗑
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| show | gadget
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| The permanent etching of images on a monitor’s screen. | show 🗑
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| Operating system designed by Google for mobile devices. | show 🗑
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| Type of user interface that allows a user to interact with software using text, graphics, and visual images, such as icons. | show 🗑
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| show | hacker
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| show | hibernate
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| Utility that allows users to display, copy, and print the contents of a graphics file, such as a photo. | show 🗑
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| Search utility feature that stores a variety of information about a file, including its name, date created, date modified, author name, and so on. | show 🗑
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| Web browser included with Windows operating system. | show 🗑
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| show | iPhone OS
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| The core of an operating system that manages memory and devices, maintains the computer’s clock, starts programs, and assigns the computer’s resources. | show 🗑
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| show | Linux
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| show | log on
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| Compression method in which a compressed file can be returned to its exact original state. | show 🗑
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| show | lossy
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| show | Mac OS X
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| Operating system for Apple’s Macintosh computer. | show 🗑
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| show | malware
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| Utility program that allows you to view images and animation, listen to audio, and watch video files. | show 🗑
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| Operating system activity that optimizes the use of random access memory (RAM). | show 🗑
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| show | memory resident
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| In reference to operating systems, supports two or more processors running programs at the same time. | show 🗑
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| show | multipurpose operating system
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| show | multiuser
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| Windows Vista feature that helps users locate files by allowing users to adjust thumbnail size to view document without opening it. | show 🗑
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| Server operating system designed by Novell for client/server networks. | show 🗑
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| Employee who configures, installs, and maintains LANs, WANs, intranets, and Internet systems; identifies and resolves connectivity issues. | show 🗑
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| show | nonresident
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| Software provided for use, modification, and redistribution. | show 🗑
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| Set of programs containing instructions that work together to coordinate all the activities among computer hardware devices. | show 🗑
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| show | page
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| Technique of swapping items between memory and storage. | show 🗑
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| Scaled-down operating system that runs on smart phones and PDAs. | show 🗑
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| show | password
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| Operating system program that assesses and reports information about various computer resources and devices. | show 🗑
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| show | permissions
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| show | personal computer maintenance utility
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| show | personal firewall
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| show | phishing
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| Program that warns or blocks you from potentially fraudulent or suspicious Web sites. | show 🗑
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| Windows Vista feature that helps users locate files by showing thumbnails that preview documents' content and allowing users to adjust thumbnail size to view document without opening it. | show 🗑
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| show | platform
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| Technology that gives a computer the capability to configure adapter cards and other peripherals automatically as a user installs them. | show 🗑
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| Internet advertisement that suddenly appears in a new window in the foreground of a Web page displayed in the user’s browser. | show 🗑
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| show | pop-up blocker
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| Series of tests that is executed by the BIOS to make sure the computer hardware is connected properly and operating correctly. | show 🗑
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| Process in which the operating system interrupts a program that is executing and passes control to another program waiting to be executed. | show 🗑
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| Program that intercepts documents to be printed from the operating system and places them in a queue. | show 🗑
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| show | proprietary software
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| show | queue
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| Special disk that contains a few system files capable of restarting a computer, which is used when the computer cannot boot from its hard disk. See also boot disk. | show 🗑
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| show | registry
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| show | restore utility
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| Utility program that causes a display device’s screen to show a moving image or blank screen if no mouse activity occurs for a specified time. | show 🗑
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| Program that attempts to locate a file on your computer based on criteria you specify. | show 🗑
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| Operating system that organizes and coordinates how multiple users access and share resources on a network. | show 🗑
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| Free downloadable software updates provided by the software manufacturer to users who have registered and/or activated their software. | show 🗑
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| Icon on the desktop that provides a user with immediate access to a program or file. | show 🗑
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| In reference to an operating system, allowing a single user to work on two or more programs that reside in memory at the same time. | show 🗑
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| show | single user/single tasking
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| Operating system function that saves any open documents and programs to RAM, turns off all unneeded functions, and then places the computer in a low-power state. | show 🗑
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| Windows 7 feature that allows you to copy screen elements to a file on your computer. | show 🗑
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| show | Solaris
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| Unsolicited e-mail message or newsgroups posting sent to many recipients or newsgroups at once. | show 🗑
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| Operating system process that sends documents to be printed to a buffer instead of sending them immediately to the printer. | show 🗑
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| show | spyware
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| show | spyware remover
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| Complete operating system that works on a desktop computer, notebook computer, or mobile computing device. | show 🗑
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| show | Startup folder
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| Area of the hard disk used for virtual memory. | show 🗑
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| show | Symbian OS
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| show | system files
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| show | system software
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| show | thrashing
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| Malicious-logic program named after the Greek myth that hides within or looks like a legitimate program. | show 🗑
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| show | uncompress
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| Utility program that removes a program, as well as any associated entries in the system files. | show 🗑
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| show | UNIX
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| show | unzip
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| show | user ID
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| show | user interface
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| Unique combination of characters, such as letters of the alphabet and/or numbers, that identifies a specific user. | show 🗑
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| show | utility
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| Type of system software that allows a user to perform maintenance-type tasks usually related to managing a computer, its devices, or its programs. | show 🗑
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| show | virtual memory
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| show | virtualization
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| show | virus
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| Programmer who intentionally writes a virus program. | show 🗑
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| show | warm boot
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| show | Web filtering software
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| show | widget
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| Microsoft's fastest, most efficient operating system to date, offering quicker program start up, built-in diagnostics, automatic recovery, improved security, enhanced searching and organizing capabilities, and an easy-to-use interface. | show 🗑
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| Windows 7 edition that includes all the capabilities of Windows 7 Starter and also includes Windows Aero with its Aero Flip 3D feature. | show 🗑
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| Windows 7 edition that provides users in all sizes of businesses with a secure operating environment that uses Windows Aero. | show 🗑
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| show | Windows 7 Starter
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| Windows 7 edition that includes all features of Windows 7 Home Premium and provides additional features designed to keep files secure and support for 35 languages. | show 🗑
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| show | Windows Aero
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| show | Windows Calendar
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| show | Windows Contacts
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| Windows 7 security feature that protects your computer from spyware. | show 🗑
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| Windows 7 feature that allows users to create DVDs from digital videos. | show 🗑
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| show | Windows Embedded CE
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| show | Windows Firewall
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| show | Windows Live Essentials
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| Windows 7 e-mail feature. | show 🗑
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| Windows 7 instant messaging feature. | show 🗑
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| show | Windows Live Movie Maker
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| show | Windows Live Photo Gallery
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| Windows 7 blogging feature. | show 🗑
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| Windows 7 program that allows users to listen to Internet radio stations, play MP3 and other music formats, copy music and data to CDs, and watch movies. | show 🗑
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| Windows Vista program that allows users to send and receive instant messages. | show 🗑
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| show | Windows Phone 7
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| An image viewer that is included with Windows Vista, which also allows you to manage and edit photos. | show 🗑
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| show | Windows Photo Viewer
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| show | Windows ReadyBoost
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| show | Windows Server 2008
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| Collection of network operating system products, including Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-Based Systems; Windows Server 2008, Standard Edition; Windows Server 2008, Enterprise Edition; Windows Server 2008, Datacenter; and Windows Web Server 2008. | show 🗑
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| Server operating system designed for use by computers with 64-bit processors that function as a Web server. | show 🗑
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| show | Windows Server 2008, Datacenter
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| show | Windows Server 2008, Enterprise Edition
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| Server operating system designed for use by typical small- to medium-sized business networks. | show 🗑
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| show | Windows Sidebar
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| Windows Vista feature that allows viewing of messages on a powered-off notebook computer equipped with a secondary display. | show 🗑
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| show | Windows Touch
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| show | Windows Vista
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| Vista edition designed for businesses of all sizes that uses Windows Aero. | show 🗑
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| show | Windows Vista Home Basic
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| Vista edition that includes all capabilities of Windows Vista Home Basic and also includes Windows Aero. | show 🗑
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| show | Windows Vista Ultimate
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| show | Windows Web Server
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| show | worm
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| Type of compressed files that usually have a .zip extension. | show 🗑
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Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
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You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
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