| stdout |
Standard output. The default output channel for a UNIX operating system, which normally goes to the terminal, but can be redirected to go to a file or connected by a pipe to another process.
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| STDWIN |
A graphical user interface with windows from CWI, available for Macintosh and X Windows.
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| stealth virus |
A virus that has ways of hiding itself so it is hard to detect.
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| stepwise refinement |
A way of developing a computer program by first describing general functions, then breaking each function down into details which are refined in successive steps until the whole program is fully defined. Also called top-down design.
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| stereogram |
A two-dimensional image which seems to be three-dimensional if viewed a certain way (at a certain distance, focus, and angle).
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| stickiness |
A measure of how long the average user spends at a website. In contrast to measuring hits, this measure provides an indication of how interesting the website itself is, rather than just how interesting the ad or link is that brings users to the site.
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| sticky menu |
A menu that will stay open if the pointer is put in the correct position, which is sometimes to the left of it and sometimes to the right.
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| stiffy |
Another name for the 3.5" floppy disk, which refers to the stiffness of the jacket compared to the more flexible 5.25" floppy.
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| STIK |
Shirt, Tie, Keyboard. Computer slang for a boring corporate IS person; similar to ÒsuitÓ.
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| still frame |
A single frame from a video, film, or CD-ROM, which shows a still picture.
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| stomp on |
To overwrite by accident.
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| Stone Age |
In computer jargon, the early period of first-generation computers.
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| stop bit |
A bit which signals the end of a unit of transmission on a serial line. A stop bit may be transmitted after the end of each byte or character.
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| stoppage |
A condition of being damaged to the point of unusability.
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| storage |
A device into which data can be placed, held, and later retrieved. "Main storage" refers to the computer's memory, the space used for executing instructions; "auxiliary storage" refers to disks, diskettes, magnetic tape, and other media for holding data.
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| Storage Area Network (SAN) |
A high-speed network that connects multiple storage devices so that they may be accessed on all servers in a Local Area Network (LAN) or Wide Area Network (WAN).
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| storage capacity |
The amount of data a storage medium can hold; usually expressed in kilobytes, megabytes, or gigabytes.
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| storage device |
A peripheral device for storing data. Tapes and disks are storage devices.
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| storage dump |
A printout of whatever is in system storage at the time.
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| storage management services |
(SMS). Software that can be used to back up data on a network by routing it to designated storage locations.
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| storage media |
Any media used for storing data, such as hard disks, floppy disks, optical disks, or magnetic tape.
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| store |
To copy or transfer data from the computer to a storage medium such as disk or tape.
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| store-and-forward routing |
A way of transmitting messages in which each station along the path must receive the whole message before it can forward any of it to the next station. See wormhole routing.
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| STP |
Shielded Twisted Pair. Twisted pair cable that is wrapped in a metal sheath to provide extra protection from external interfering signals.
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| Stratus Computer, Inc. |
A computer manufacturer in Marlboro, Massachusetts, that makes the XA/R and XA/2000 computers.
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