- Industry: Computer
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An American multinational software corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services related to computing.
A logical representation of a run-time connection to a data source.
Industry:Computer
Anything used for information storage that is designed to be easily inserted into and removed from a computer or portable device. Common removable media include CD and DVD discs, as well as removable memory cards.
Industry:Computer
The process of reconciling the differences between data stored in one location and a copy of the same data stored in another location.
Industry:Computer
In programming, referring to a function call replaced with an instance of the function's body. Actual arguments are substituted for formal parameters. An inline function is usually done as a compile-time transformation to increase the efficiency of the program.
Industry:Computer
A startup process that begins with turning on the computer's power. Typically, a cold boot involves some basic hardware checking by the system, after which the operating system is loaded from disk into memory.
Industry:Computer
A slot in the template of a control (e.g. a button) into which you can place content without adding it directly to the template.
Industry:Computer
A standardized 18-digit label that uniquely identifies each unit to be transported or stored.
Industry:Computer
Any technology used to protect the interests of owners of digital content and services (such as copyright owners). Typically, authorized recipients or users must acquire a license in order to use the content.
Industry:Computer
