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Snap-in |
A Windows utility that can be installed in a console window by Microsoft Management Console. |
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Task Manager |
A Windows utility (taskmgr.exe) that lets you view tge applications and processes running on your computer as well as information about process and memory performance, network activity, and user activity. |
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Kernel Mode |
A Windows "privileged" processing mode that has access to hardware components. |
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Action Center |
A one page aggregation of event messages, warnings, and maintenance messages in Windows 7/8. |
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Event Viewer |
Utility made available as an MMC snap-in that enables users to monitor various system events, including network bandwidth usage and CPU utilization. |
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Safe Mode |
Important diagnostic boot mode for Windows that only runs very basic drivers and turns off virtual memory. |
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Microsoft Management Console (MMC) |
A Windows utility to build customized consoles. These consoles can be saved to a file with an .msc file extension. |
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HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) |
The low-level part of Windows written specifically for each CPU technology. |
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ReadyBoost |
A Windows utility that uses a flash drive or secure digital (SD) memory card to boost hard drive performance. |
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Dir Command |
Used in the command-line interface to display the entire contents of the current working directory |
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Shell |
The portion of the OS that relates to the user and to applications. |
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UDF (Universal Disk Format) |
A file system for optical media used by all DVD discs and some CD-R and CD-RW discs. |
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System File Checker (SFC) |
A Windows utility that verifies and if necessary, refreshes a Windows system file, replacing it with one kept in a cache of current system files. |
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Registry |
A database that Windows uses to store hardware and software configuration, user preference, and setup information. |
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Windows PowerShell |
A command-line interface (CLI) that processes objects, called cmdlets, which are pre built programs built on the. NET Framework, rather than processing text in a command-line. |
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Wildcard |
Character used during a search to represent search criteria. For instance, searching for *. doc will return a list of all the files with a .doc extension, regardless of the filename. |
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Master File Table (MFT) |
The database used by the NTFS file system to track the contents if a volume or logical drive. |
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Cluster |
On a magnetic hard drive, one or more sectors that constitute the smallest unit of space on the drive for storing data ( also referred to as a file allocation unit). |
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System Restore |
A feature in Microsoft Windows that allows the user to revert their computer's state (including system files, installed applications, Windows Registry, and system settings) to that of a previous point in time, which can be used to recover from system malfunctions or other problem. |
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Shadow Copy |
A copy of open made so that the open files are included in a backup. |
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User mode |
In Windows, a mode that provides an interface between an application and the OS, and only has access to hardware resources through the code running in kernal mode. |
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Component Services (COM+) |
A Microsoft Management Console snap-in that can be ysed to register components used by installed applications. |
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System Configuration |
A Windows utility (msconfig.exe) that can identify what processes are launched at startup and can temporarily disable a process from loading. |
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Md command |
Jsed in the command-line interface used to create directories. |
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User Profile |
A collection of files and settings about a user accoibt tgat enables the user's personal data, desktop settings, and other operating parameters to be retained from one session to another. |
