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  2. Any key - Wikipedia

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    The pause command in DOS requests the user to "Press any key to continue." In computing, "Press any key to continue" (or a similar text) was historically used a prompt to the user when it was necessary to pause processing. The system would resume after the user pressed any keyboard button.

  3. Reset (computing) - Wikipedia

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    Generally, a hard reset is initiated by pressing a dedicated reset button On some systems (e.g, the PlayStation 2 video game console), pressing and releasing the power button initiates a hard reset, and holding the button turns the system off.

  4. Abort, Retry, Fail? - Wikipedia

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    In CP/M, attempting to read a floppy disk drive with the door open would hang until a disk was inserted and the disk drive door was closed (very early disk hardware did not send any kind of signal until a disk was spinning, and a timeout to detect the lack of signal required too much code on these tiny systems). Many users of CP/M became ...

  5. Troubleshooting AOL Desktop Gold

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    If you are missing items or your settings are not saving correctly, try the solutions listed below. Close Desktop Gold and relaunch • Open task manaager • End task on ALL "AOL Desktop.exe" • Open Desktop Gold • If the issue still exists, proceed to the next step. Restart the computer • Restart your computer and restart Desktop Gold

  6. Print Screen - Wikipedia

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    A 104-key PC US English keyboard layout with Print Scrn circled. Print Screen (often abbreviated Print Scrn, Prnt Scrn, Prnt Scr, Prt Scrn, Prt Scn, Prt Scr, Prt Sc, Pr Sc, or PS) is a key present on most PC keyboards. It is typically situated in the same section as the break key and scroll lock key. The print screen may share the same key as ...

  7. Magic SysRq key - Wikipedia

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    The magic SysRq key is a key combination understood by the Linux kernel, which allows the user to perform various low-level commands regardless of the system's state. It is often used to recover from freezes , or to reboot a computer without corrupting the filesystem . [ 1 ]

  8. List of Compact Disc and DVD copy protection schemes

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    However, one could read GD-ROM on CD reader by swapping the disc after reading fake TOC. FADE Creates fake scratches on the disk image which copying programs will automatically try to fix. Instead of alerting the user that the copied disc is detected, the program will play the game in a buggy manner. [4] PlayStation (CD-ROM)

  9. lp0 on fire - Wikipedia

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    The first documented fire-starting printer was a Stromberg-Carlson 5000 xerographic printer (similar to a modern laser printer, but with a CRT as the light source instead of a laser), installed around 1959 at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and modified with an extended fusing oven to achieve a print speed of one page per second. In ...