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(computing) Alternative spelling of 8514/A [(computing) 8514/Adapter, a video interface card and 4:3 display standard for computers, made obsolete in 1990 by the XGA video standard.]
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(computing, informal) An Amstrad CPC computer.
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The company Apple Inc., formerly Apple Computer, that produces computers and other digital devices, and sells and produces multimedia content.
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(informal) An Apple Macintosh computer.
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(computing, countable, informal) An Acorn Archimedes computer.
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(informal) The computer company IBM.
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The Commodore 64, a home computer of the 1980s.
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(computing) Alternative letter-case form of exe. [(computing) A Windows executable file.]
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(informal) The five largest technology companies in the world: Amazon, Apple, Alphabet (owner of Google), Facebook and Microsoft.
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(computing, Microsoft Windows) A newer and improved version of GDI written in C++.
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(computing, informal) A computer other than a Macintosh that has been configured to run the Macintosh operating system (OS X or macOS).
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(computing, Microsoft Windows) Abbreviation of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE: part of the registry containing settings specific to the local computer.
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(figuratively) A company that dominates its field.
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(slightly dated) A microcomputer compatible with IBM's specification.
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(trademark) One of a line of all-in-one Macintosh computers made by Apple Inc.
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(computing, mobile telephony) A mobile operating system (OS) created and developed by Apple Inc. exclusively for its hardware.
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(computing, mobile telephony) A mobile operating system (OS) created and developed by Apple Inc. used for its tablets.
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(trademark) Juniper Networks, Inc., a manufacturer of routers, switches, and other networking and communications equipment.
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(computing) The operating system used by early Commodore International home computers
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(computer hardware) Initialism of keyboard-video-mouse: a device allowing these input and output devices to be swapped between a series of server consoles, especially in a rack configuration.
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(computing) A softmodem designed to work with Linux operating systems.
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A Macintosh computer (made by Apple Inc.).
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(informal, derogatory) Microsoft
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(operating systems) A minimal operating system kernel offering basic mechanisms rather than abstract services.
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(figuratively) A company whose products are widespread.
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(informal) A supporter or user of Microsoft products.
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(informal) An employee of Microsoft.
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(computing, slang, humorous, derogatory) The computing company Microsoft.
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(computing, Java programming language) An application that uses the Mobile Information Device Profile of the Connected Limited Device Configuration for the embedded Java environment.
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(informal) A Commodore Amiga computer.
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(slang, computer hardware) A motherboard.
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(computing) A database management system (and its associated software) developed by the Oracle Corporation
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(computing, trademark) Former name of macOS; itself formerly known as Mac OS X.
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(computing) a pioneering workstation computer that is the first that commercially available personal workstation with a GUI
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(computing) IBM Personal System/1
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(Internet) A simplified header used in the TCP and UDP protocols in order to calculate a checksum.
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(radio) code used as a shorthand for common messages, consisting of sequences all beginning with Q
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(computing) a virtual disk, implemented in software, that stores its contents in RAM.
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(networking) a code that identifies the network to which packets on a wireless network belong
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(computing, colloquial, chiefly UK) A Sinclair ZX Spectrum computer.
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(computing) Alternative form of UL (“upload”) [(computing) To upload.]
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(graphical user interface) Acronym of window, icon, menu, pointer (a graphical interface paradigm). [An opening, usually covered by one or more panes of clear glass, to allow light and air from outside to enter a building or vehicle.]
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(computing) Windows, an operating system family developed by Microsoft.
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(computing) Abbreviation of Microsoft Windows 32-bit.
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(computing) Abbreviation of Microsoft Windows 64-bit.
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(computing, slang, derogatory) The Microsoft Windows operating system.
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(operating systems, trademark) Microsoft Windows, an operating system with a WIMP graphical user interface that dominates the personal computer market.
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(informal, derogatory) Microsoft Windows.
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(informal, derogatory) Microsoft Windows
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(computing, graphical user interface) Abbreviation of Windows Forms.
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(trademark) An Chinese multinational company which makes smartphones, laptops and headphones, among other consumer electronics.
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(computing) Abbreviation of microprocessor. [(computer hardware) the entire CPU of a computer on a single integrated circuit (chip).]
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