This glossary defines many of the terms used in this book. It includes terms
and definitions from the IBM Dictionary of Computing, as well as
terms specific to the OS/2 operating system and the Presentation Manager.
It is not a complete glossary for the entire OS/2 operating system; nor
is it a complete dictionary of computer terms.
Other primary sources for these definitions are:
- The American National Standard Dictionary for Information
Systems, ANSI X3.172-1990, copyrighted 1990 by the American National
Standards Institute, 11 West 42nd Street, New York, New York 10036. These
definitions are identified by the symbol (A) after the definition.
- The Information Technology Vocabulary, developed
by Subcommittee 1, Joint Technical Committee 1, of the International Organization
for Standardization and the International Electrotechnical Commission (ISO/IEC
JTC1/SC1). Definitions of published parts of this vocabulary are identified
by the symbol (I) after the definition; definitions taken from draft international
standards, committee drafts, and working papers being developed by ISO/IEC
JTC1/SC1 are identified by the symbol (T) after the definition, indicating
that final agreement has not yet been reached among the participating National
Bodies of SC1.
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