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`PUBLISHED BY
`Microsoft Press
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`A Division of Microsoft Corporation
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`Copyright © 1999 by Microsoft Corporation
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`All rights reserved. No part of the contents of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form
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`Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
`Microsoft Computer Dictionary. -- 4th ed.
`p. cm.
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`Previous eds. published under title: Microsoft Press computer
`dictionary
`ISBN 0—7356-0615~3
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`2. Microcomputers Dictionaries.
`1. Computers Dictionaries.
`1. Microsoft Press computer dictionary.
`QA76.15.M538
`1999
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`settling time n. The time required for a disk drives
`read/write head to stabilize over a new location on
`the disk after being moved.
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`set-top box n. A device that converts a cable TV sig-
`nal to an input signal to the TV set. Set-top boxes can
`be used to access the World Wide Web.
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`setup n. 1. A computer along with all its devices. 2.
`The procedures involved in preparing a software pro—
`gram or application to operate within a computer.
`setup program n. 1. A built~in BIOS program for
`reconfiguring system parameters to accommodate a
`new disk drive. See also BIOS. 2. See installation
`program.
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` n. The part of a servomcchanism, controlled by
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`stops, setting a counter to 0, or setting a breakpoint.
`See also breakpoint.
`e servomcchanism’s feedback circuit, that Produces
`final mechanical output. Also called Servomoton
`SET protocol n. See Secure Electronics Transactions
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`'5 also servomechanism,
`protocol.
`mechanism n. A control system in which the
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`5m uses feedback to control the position, velocity,
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`acceleration of a mechanical component. Also
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`led servo system.
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`'omotor n. See servo.
`0 system n. See servomcchanism.
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`ion n. 1. The time during which a program is run-
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`ng. In most interactive programs, a session is the
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`time during which the program accepts input and
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`cesses information. 2. In communications, the
`tune during which two computers maintain a connec—
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`tion. 3. A specific protocol layer in the ISO/OSI ref-
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`erence model that manages communication between
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`remote users or processes. See also ISO/OSI refer-
`ence model, session layer.
`setup wizard n. In Windows, a utility that asks users
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`a structured series of questions and give them options
`ion layer It. The fifth of seven layers in the ISO/
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`to aid the process of installing a new program.
`OSI reference model. The session layer handles the
`._ details that must be agreed on by the two communi-
`seven-segment display n. A light-emitting diode
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`' Gating devices. See the illustration. See also ISO/OSI
`(LED) display or liquid crystal display (LCD) that
`reference model.
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`can show any of the 10 decimal digits. The seven
`segments are the seven bars that form a numeral 8 as
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`in a calculator display.
`sex changer n. See gender changer.
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`.sgm n. The MS~DOSIWindows 3.x file extension that
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`identifies files encoded in Standard Generalized
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`Markup Language (SGML). Because MS-DOS and
`Windows 3.x cannot recognize file extensions longer
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`than three letters, the .sgml extension is truncated to
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`three letters in those environments. See also SGML.
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`SGML n. Acronym for Standard Generalized Markup
`Language. An information management standard
`adopted by the International Organization for Stan—
`dardization (ISO) in 1986 as a means of providing
`platform— and application—independent documents
`that retain formatting, indexing, and linked informa-
`tion. SGML provides a grammarlike mechanism for
`users to define the structure of their documents and
`the tags they will use to denote the structure in indi~
`vidual documents. See also ISO.
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`3911 vb. 1. To change the value of a bit to 1. 2. To es—
`tablish a particular condition. such as setting tab
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