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A method for increasing addressable RAM by using the hard-disk drive. For ex- ample, in a computer with 16 MB of RAM and 16 MB of virtual memory set up on the hard-disk drive, the operating system would manage the system as though it YLUXVhad 32 MB of physical RAM.

Aself-starting program designed to incon- venience you. Virus programs have been known to corrupt the files stored on a hard-disk drive or to replicate themselves until a computer or network runs out of memory.

The most common way that virus pro- grams move from one computer to another is via “infected” diskettes, from which they copy themselves to the hard-disk drive. To guard against virus pro- grams, you should do the following:

‡Periodically run a virus-checking util- ity on your computer’s hard-disk drive

‡Always run a virus-checking utility on

any diskettes (including commer- cially sold software) before using

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Abbreviation for very-large-scale integrationSS .

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Abbreviation for video random-access memory. Some video adapters use VRAM chips (or a combination of VRAM and DRAM) to improve video performance. VRAM is dual-ported, allowing the video adapter to update the screen and receive new image data at the same time.

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Astart-up file for the Windows operating system. When you start Windows, it con- sults the win.ini file to determine a variety of options for the Windows operating en- vironment. Among other things, the win.ini file records what printer(s) and fonts are installed for Windows. The win.ini file also usually includes sections that contain optional settings for Win- dows application programs that are installed on the hard-disk drive.

Running the Control Panel or Windows Setup program may change options in the win.ini file. On other occasions, you may need to change or add options to the win.ini file manually with a text editor :LQGRZVsuch as Notepad￿￿.

An integrated and complete Microsoft Windows operating system that does not require MS-DOS and that provides ad- vanced operating system performance, improved ease of use, enhanced work- group functionality, and simplified file :LQGRZVmanagement17and browsing.

High-performance server and workstation operating system software developed by Microsoft that is intended for technical, ZULWHengineering,￿SURWHFWHGand financial applications.

Read-only files are said to be write- protected. You can write-protect a 3.5-inch diskette by sliding its write-protect tab to the open position or by setting the write- protect feature in the System Setup program.

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