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  2. Group (computing) - Wikipedia

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    With groups, the task is much simpler: [1] create a student group and a staff group, placing each user in the proper group. The entire group can be granted access to the appropriate directory. [1] To add or remove an account, one must only need to do it in one place (in the definition of the group), rather than on every directory. This workflow ...

  3. Busy waiting - Wikipedia

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    In computer science and software engineering, busy-waiting, busy-looping or spinning is a technique in which a process repeatedly checks to see if a condition is true, such as whether keyboard input or a lock is available. Spinning can also be used to generate an arbitrary time delay, a technique that was necessary on systems that lacked a ...

  4. List of computing and IT abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    UAAG—User Agent Accessibility Guidelines; UAC—User Account Control; UART—Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter; UAT—User Acceptance Testing; UB—Undefined Behavior; UCS—Universal Character Set; UDDI—Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration; UDMA—Ultra DMA; UDP—User Datagram Protocol; UEFI—Unified Extensible ...

  5. Glossary of computer science - Wikipedia

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    Also simply application or app. Computer software designed to perform a group of coordinated functions, tasks, or activities for the benefit of the user. Common examples of applications include word processors, spreadsheets, accounting applications, web browsers, media players, aeronautical flight simulators, console games, and photo editors. This contrasts with system software, which is ...

  6. Computer science and engineering - Wikipedia

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    Academic programs vary between colleges, but typically include a combination of topics in computer science,computer engineering, and electrical engineering. Undergraduate courses usually include programming, algorithms and data structures, computer architecture, operating systems, computer networks, parallel computing, embedded systems, algorithms design, circuit analysis and electronics ...

  7. 10 Genius Phrases To Use Instead of 'I'm Busy ... - AOL

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    "The phrase 'I'm busy' can trigger someone on the receiving end because it is blunt and implies that they are not a priority to you," says Dr. Holly Schiff, Psy.D., a licensed clinical ...

  8. General Schedule (US civil service pay scale) - Wikipedia

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    The pay scale was originally created with the purpose of keeping federal salaries in line with equivalent private sector jobs. Although never the intent, the GS pay scale does a good job of ensuring equal pay for equal work by reducing pay gaps between men, women, and minorities, in accordance with another, separate law, the Equal Pay Act of 1963.

  9. Computer and information science - Wikipedia

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    A lab in which computer and information science (CIS) is studied. Computer and information science [1] [2] [3] (CIS; also known as information and computer science) is a field that emphasizes both computing and informatics, upholding the strong association between the fields of information sciences and computer sciences and treating computers as a tool rather than a field.