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Google Drive is a file-hosting service and synchronization service developed by Google. Launched on April 24, 2012, Google Drive allows users to store...

This is a list of TCP and UDP port numbers used by protocols for operation of network applications. The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and the User...

Distributed computing is a field of computer science that studies distributed systems, defined as computer systems whose inter-communicating components...

In cryptography and computer science, a hash tree or Merkle tree is a tree in which every "leaf" node is labelled with the cryptographic hash of a data...

An input method (or input method editor, commonly abbreviated IME) is an operating system component or program that enables users to generate characters...

D-Bus (short for "Desktop Bus") is a message-oriented middleware mechanism that allows communication between multiple processes running concurrently on...

In computing, a parallel port is a type of interface found on early computers (personal and otherwise) for connecting peripherals. The name refers to the...

HFS Plus or HFS+ (also known as Mac OS Extended or HFS Extended) is a journaling file system developed by Apple Inc. It replaced the Hierarchical File...

Desktop Window Manager (DWM, previously Desktop Compositing Engine or DCE) is the compositing window manager in Microsoft Windows since Windows Vista that...

Audio quality comparison 8-bit μ-law 8-bit linear PCM 16-bit linear PCM Problems playing these files? See media help. The μ-law algorithm (sometimes written...

The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of file systems. Note that in addition to the below table, block capabilities...

The PowerBook (known as Macintosh PowerBook before 1997) is a family of Macintosh laptop computers designed, manufactured and sold by Apple Computer from...

Web analytics is the measurement, collection, analysis, and reporting of web data to understand and optimize web usage. Web analytics is not just a process...

In computing, a core dump, memory dump, crash dump, storage dump, system dump, or ABEND dump consists of the recorded state of the working memory of a...

In computer programming, indentation style is a convention, a.k.a. style, governing the indentation of blocks of source code. An indentation style generally...

NLS, or the "oN-Line System", was a revolutionary computer collaboration system developed in the 1960s. It was designed by Douglas Engelbart and implemented...

A security token is a peripheral device used to gain access to an electronically restricted resource. The token is used in addition to, or in place of...

In computer interface design, a ribbon is a graphical control element in the form of a set of toolbars placed on several tabs. The typical structure of...

In computing, configuration files (commonly known simply as config files) are files used to configure the parameters and initial settings for some computer...

Metalink is an extensible metadata file format that describes one or more computer files available for download. It specifies files appropriate for the...