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MS-DOS OPERATING SYSTEM [3 records]

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Record 1 2021-10-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Simulation (Cybernetic Systems)
  • Computer Display Technology
DEF

A button, keystroke or combination of keys that will replace windows unrelated to work with an image or window that looks like work.

CONT

A few factors likely made boss keys within games more common in the 1980s and early 1990s than they are today. Back then, most MS-DOS PCs [Microsoft disk operating system for the personal computers] were single-tasking machines, so you couldn’t quickly Alt+Tab away from the game to another window like you can today. Also, The Encyclopedia of Video Games speculates that boss keys were more popular when PC clones were more expensive and more likely to be located at work than in the home.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Simulation (Systèmes cybernétiques)
  • Techniques d'affichage (Ordinateurs)
DEF

Bouton, touche ou combinaison de touches permettant de remplacer des fenêtres n'ayant aucun lien au travail avec une image ou une fenêtre qui a l'air du travail.

Spanish

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Record 2 2019-02-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Memories
CONT

If you tell the system to load the compression driver into upper memory[, ] this will save 110 KB [kilobytes] of conventional memory when you are running in MS-DOS [Microsoft disk operating system] mode. However, the 110 KB of upper memory will force other drivers into conventional memory, causing the free conventional memory to decrease.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Memorias (Computadoras)
CONT

El comprobador del registro de Windows puede requerir 580 KB [kilobytes] o más de memoria convencional libre para completar el proceso de reparación. Si aparece un mensaje de error de "memoria insuficiente", optimice la memoria convencional libre.

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Record 3 2019-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Memories
CONT

MS-DOS [MicroSoft Disk Operating System] applications must be specifically written to take advantage of expanded memory. Windows applications do not use expanded memory; 80386 and newer processors can emulate expanded memory by using memory managers...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Memorias (Computadoras)
CONT

Windows 2.1 fue lanzado en dos diferentes versiones: Windows/386 empleando Modo 8086 virtual para realizar varias tareas de varios programas de DOS [sistema operativo de disco], y el modelo de memoria paginada para emular la memoria expandida utilizando la memoria extendida disponible.

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