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(1) A special-purpose buffer storage, smaller and faster than main storage, used to hold a copy of instructions and data obtained from main storage and likely to be needed next by the processor. (T) (2) A buffer storage that contains frequently accessed instructions and data; it is used to reduce access time.

The adjustment of a piece of equipment so that it meets normal operational standards. For example, calibration could refer to adjusting the alignment of a pen

(1) The action of bringing a computer program, a routine, or a subroutine into effect, usually by specifying the entry conditions and jumping to an entry point. (I) (A) (2) To transfer control to a procedure, program, routine, or subroutine.

A software management interface in the PCMCIA architecture that allows users to allocate the system resources (such as memory and interrupts) automatically, as soon as the Socket Services detects that a PC card has been added. Card Services also releases these resources when the PC Card has been removed.

(1) A device that presents data in visual form by means of controlled electron beams. (A) (2) The data display produced by such a device.

Circular doubly linked list.

See subclass.

A process, started by a parent process, that shares the resources of the parent process.

A window that appears within the border of its parent window (either a primary window or another child window.) When the parent window is resized, moved, or destroyed, the child window is also resized, moved or destroyed. However, the child window can be moved or resized independently from the parent window, within the boundaries of the parent window. Contrast with parent window.

See Configuration, Installation, and Distributution.

The description of a set of objects and their behavior. New classes can be defined interms of existing classes through a technigue known as inheritance.

An action that can be performed on a class object. Class methods are also called factory methods.

The run-time implementation of a class.

To press and release a mouse button without moving the pointer off the choice. See double-click.

In a Workplace architecture client/server environment, the consumer of a service. An example is an application or shared service using a client library to communicate with the Workplace Naming Services to retrieve information from the system's name space.

The part of the window, inside the border, that is below the menu bar. It is the user's work space, where a user types information and selects choices from selection fields. In primary windows, it is where an application programmer presents the objects that a user works on.

The set of data associated with a client such as user identifier, group identifiers, roles (such as administrator), and special permissions.

A collection of executable personality neutral code and data that is bound to an application and provides the API of a Workplace shared service to clients. The functions of the service API may be implemented in the library or the library may map them to requests to a server or microkernel service.

In the Workplace architecture, the Mach-defined environment in which a small group of services (servers) at the system layer support a large group of clients (users) at the application layer via interprocess communication.

The window in which the application displays output and receives input. This window is located inside the frame window, under the window title bar and any menu bar, and within any scroll bars.

An area of computer memory or storage that temporarily holds data. Data in the clipboard is available to other applications.

Distribution of tasks across sets of multiple processors.

(1) To combine two or more sets of items into one set of any form. (I) (2) To combine two or more files into one file.

A window composed of other windows (such as a frame window, frame-control windows, and a client window) that are kept together as a unit and that interact with each other.

A document that contains linked or embedded information created by other applications.

To describe to a system the devices, optional features, and programs installed on the system.

An IBM architecture used to automate installation and customization for Workplace and other products. CID enables LAN-connected machines to be installed and maintained remotely.

In computer graphics, a ball, rotatable about its center, that is used as an input device, normally as a locator. (I) (A) Synonymous with track ball.

To place onto the clipboard a duplicate of what has been selected.

Common Object Request Broker Architecture. A standard for distributed Group (OMG); object management.

A shared service that is included with OS/2 for PowerPC or Workplace products and can always be counted on to be present. These include name services, file services, pipe services, print/spooler services, loader services, internationalization services, event and windows services, LAN transport services, installation services, and software serviceability services.

Cathode ray tube display.

To make a personal version of something, for example, a voice model.