Task Scheduler (formerly Scheduled Tasks) is a job scheduler in Microsoft Windows that launches computer programs or scripts at pre-defined times or after...
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In computing, a task is a unit of execution or a unit of work. The term is ambiguous; precise alternative terms include process, light-weight process,...
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electronic computers can perform generic sets of operations known as programs, which enable computers to perform a wide range of tasks. The term computer system...
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in networking, programming, system development, and other areas where computers communicate with each other. Game theory – Useful in artificial intelligence...
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systems, a task manager is a system monitor program used to provide information about the processes and applications running on a computer, as well as...
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Task Manager, previously known as Windows Task Manager, is a task manager, system monitor, and startup manager included with Microsoft Windows systems...
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than some other classes of computers, such as minicomputers, workstations, and personal computers. Most large-scale computer-system architectures were...
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Computer Task Group, Inc. (commonly referred to as CTG) is an American multinational company headquartered in Buffalo, New York, that provides information...
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digital computers represent varying quantities symbolically and by discrete values of both time and amplitude (digital signals). Analog computers can have...
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Time-sharing (redirect from Computer/Time-sharing)
standard. Generally, computer terminals were utilized on college properties in much the same places as desktop computers or personal computers are found today...
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Parallel computing (redirect from Parallel computers)
computers can be roughly classified according to the level at which the hardware supports parallelism, with multi-core and multi-processor computers having...
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Computers can be classified, or typed, in many ways. Some common classifications of computers are given below. Microcomputers became the most common type...
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vacuum tubes enabled the construction of the first computers. Building on Babbage's design, relay computers were built by George Stibitz at Bell Laboratories...
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observe the ways humans interact with computers and design technologies that allow humans to interact with computers in novel ways. These include visual...
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Preemption (computing) (redirect from Pre-emptive multi-tasking)
Microware's OS-9, available for computers based on the Motorola 6809, including home computers such as the TRS-80 Color Computer 2 when configured with disk...
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A computer cluster is a set of computers that work together so that they can be viewed as a single system. Unlike grid computers, computer clusters have...
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a specific task Computer programming, the act of instructing computers to perform tasks Programming language, an artificial language designed to communicate...
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significant challenge for a computer, even in isolation. Therefore, these three techniques in tandem make CAPTCHAs difficult for computers to solve. Whilst primarily...
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states that "computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes." The design and deployment of computers and computer systems is...
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computer. Since none of these Apple products were mainframes or time-sharing systems, they were all personal computers but not PC (brand) computers....
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multiple tasks at exactly the same time; instead, it allows more than one task to advance over a given period of time. Even on multiprocessor computers, multitasking...
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Natural language processing (redirect from Computer natural language processing)
(NLP) is a subfield of computer science and especially artificial intelligence. It is primarily concerned with providing computers with the ability to process...
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outrageously large chargers". Gaming desktop computers are the most versatile types of gaming computers. People usually buy gaming PCs because they want...
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Computer programming or coding is the composition of sequences of instructions, called programs, that computers can follow to perform tasks. It involves...
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tractors designed primarily for landscaping and estate management tasks Computer Users' Tape Standard, a standard for storage of digital microcomputer...
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The task state segment (TSS) is a structure on x86-based computers which holds information about a task. It is used by the operating system kernel for...
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Embedded system (redirect from Embedded computers)
systems are designed to perform a specific task, in contrast with general-purpose computers designed for multiple tasks. Some have real-time performance constraints...
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A computer network is a collection of communicating computers and other devices, such as printers and smart phones. Today, almost all computers are connected...
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of haptic perception and selective pointing on a spatial learning task". Computers & Education. 92–93: 64–75. doi:10.1016/j.compedu.2015.10.011. S2CID 10493691...
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Flash mob computing (redirect from Flash mob computer)
a specific task or event. Flash mob computing is a more specific type of flash mob for the purpose of bringing people and their computers together to...
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