- Industry: Software
- Number of terms: 2457
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Red Hat is a provider of enterprise Linux and other open source software.
Verification of the identity of a username, password, process, or computer system for security purposes.
Industry:Software
To route all inbound traffic on a particular source port to one host on a network. Port forwarding is commonly implemented by a firewall.
Industry:Software
Virtual device that provides interactive access with which a user may log in and run system commands and programs. One screen is displayed on the computer's monitor at any given time; a keystroke sequence is used to switch between virtual consoles.
Industry:Software
To stop all running processes on a system cleanly. Once the system is halted, you may need to manually turn off your system to complete a system power off.
Industry:Software
Visual component of a graphical user interface upon which icons, programs, and other visual components appear.
Industry:Software
Working modes of a UNIX or UNIX-compatible operating system. Red Hat Linux has seven runlevels (0-6). 0 = a halted system; 1 = a single-user, stand-alone system; 2-5 = various multiuser modes; and 6 = system reboot. Each runlevel designates a different system configuration and allows access to different processes.
Industry:Software
To tap the mouse button twice in succession to activate desktop objects.
Industry:Software
Two or more commonly separate components, objects, or applications that are developed to work together. For example, a word processing application and a spreadsheet that are designed such that files and objects from one application can be used in the other application are integrated.
Industry:Software
Unencrypted, text-based data stored in a universal format that can be read by most computer systems and applications.
Industry:Software
