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... ( called a cold boot ) or when you restart the system after it's already on ( called a warm boot ) . You do a cold boot each time you start the computer after you've turned it off completely . You might need to perform a warm boot if the ...
... ( called a cold boot ) or when you restart the system after it's already on ( called a warm boot ) . You do a cold boot each time you start the computer after you've turned it off completely . You might need to perform a warm boot if the ...
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... called tracks , which are fur- ther broken down into pie - shaped wedges called sectors ( see Figure 5.29 ) . The data is further identified by clusters , which are the smallest segments within the sectors . When you want to save ( or ...
... called tracks , which are fur- ther broken down into pie - shaped wedges called sectors ( see Figure 5.29 ) . The data is further identified by clusters , which are the smallest segments within the sectors . When you want to save ( or ...
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... called the Difference Engine , which was a huge steam - powered mechanical calcu- lator Babbage designed to print astronomical tables . Babbage stopped working on the Difference Engine to build the Analytical Engine . Although it was ...
... called the Difference Engine , which was a huge steam - powered mechanical calcu- lator Babbage designed to print astronomical tables . Babbage stopped working on the Difference Engine to build the Analytical Engine . Although it was ...
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Understanding the Parts | 40 |
Technology in Focus | 78 |
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