Gary Destruction's definitions

hal

Acronym for Hardware Abstraction Layer. The HAL is used by NT-based Operating Systems to handle hardware. This prevents the OS from having direct access to hardware.

The HAL is one of the main reaons that NT-based OS's are more stable than Win9.x.

by Gary Destruction November 19, 2003

Windows 2000

A much user-friendlier and hardware supportive version of the Microsoft Windows NT family of Operating Systems. Windows 2000 while not officially declared as NT 5.0 is basically just Windows NT 5.0 with Plug and Play support, EFS, NTFS 5.0 and a host of other features that are not available in Windows NT 4.x.

Windows 2000 is the best microsoft operating system available right now.

by Gary Destruction August 28, 2003

Opteron

A 64-bit processor created by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). It is capable of handling 32-bit applications with no compromise in performance.

The AMD(R) Operton(TM) is the latest edition to the growing family of processors from Advanced Micro Devices.

by Gary Destruction September 8, 2003

NT 4 Workstation

See NT

by Gary Destruction July 21, 2003

Vegetarian

Someone who instead of eating meat, substitutes with other kinds of foods. The term is commonly misused and mistaken for vegan. A vegan is someone that doesn't eat, drink or wear anything that comes from an animal.

It would sure suck being a vegetarian on Thanksgiving.

by Gary Destruction July 14, 2003

anarchy

1. From the political left, anarchy is a state of complete freedom characterized by unity, peace and equality all in the absense of a governing force.

2. From the politcal right, anarchy is a state of complete chaos and disorder. Anarcho-capitalism is an example of right-winged anarchy.

3. Politics: A radical form of direct democracy

1. Some people believe that anarchy could work.

2. Street punks believe in right-winged anarchy (chaos)

3. Depsite being an alleged lack of authority, some anarchists believe in anarchy as direct democracy.

by Gary Destruction September 1, 2003

kernel

The core of an Operating System

An OS kernel is often responsible for handling driver requests, filesystem operations, I/O requests and other system functions.

by Gary Destruction May 30, 2004