Gary Destruction's definitions

Operating systems

See operating system

by Gary Destruction June 23, 2003

CRC

1. Term that stands for Cyclic Redundancy Check. It's a form of error checking commonly used for Winzip compression and Ultra ATA controllers.

A corrupt zip file will yield a bad CRC when opened.

by Gary Destruction June 23, 2003

operating system

Abbreviated "OS", an operating system is software that provides the user with an interface as well as hardware support and support to run and use applications. Operating systems also accept input and display output by communicating with hardware and interacting with any respective applications or system software that might be using that hardware.

Windows, Windows NT, MacOS, UNIX, Novell Netware, DOS, BSD and BeOS are all examples of operating systems. Linux on the other hand, is a kernel.

by Gary Destruction June 21, 2003

paradox

1. Something or someone that exists or behaves in contradiction to itself or himself
2. Application from the Corel Office Suite

1. He fought a battle that he was ultimately opposed to.
2. Some companies use Corel Paradox for their databases

by Gary Destruction June 19, 2003

windows

1. A 32-bit Operating System with a graphical interface and 16-bit backwards compatibility for older applications. It was created by Microsoft Corporation.

2. A name that may refer to Windows NT or Operating Systems based on Windows NT such as Windows 2000 and Windows XP. Windows NT and it's variants were also developed by Microsoft Corporation. They are true 32-bit Operating Systems. They are not the same as Windows 9.x (3.1/95/98/ME).

1. Windows 3.1 is still used by some businesses today.

2. I downloaded and installed Service Pack 5 for Windows NT 4 Workstation.

by Gary Destruction June 13, 2003

TTL

1. Electronics: Transistor to transistor logic
2. Networking: Time to live; the amount of time a record will remain cached.

1. Logic circuits use TTL
2. You might want to change your default TTL 128 if it's not already.

by Gary Destruction June 11, 2003

maroon

1. A color between red and brown
2. A stupid person; a fool

1. She's wearing maroon pants
2. "What a maroon." -- Bugs Bunny

by Gary Destruction June 10, 2003