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Terms for computer junkies
Pump up your computer-related vocabulary. Load your brains with these frequenty used i-terms.
NET: A Microsoft operating system platform that incorporates applications, a suite of tools and services and a change in the infrastructure of the company’s Web strategy. The objective of .NET is to bring users into the next generation of the Internet by conquering the deficiencies of the first generation and giving users a more enriched experience in using the Web for both personal and business applications. This is Microsoft’s most ambitious undertaking since the release of Windows 3.0.
There are four main principles of .NET from the perspective of the user:
It erases the boundaries between applications and the Internet. Instead of interacting with an application or a single Web site, .NET will connect the user to an array of computers and services that will exchange and combine objects and data. Software will be rented as a hosted service over the Internet instead of purchased on a store shelf. Essentially, the Internet will be housing all your applications and data. Users will have access to their information on the Internet from any device, anytime, anywhere. There will be new ways to interact with application data, such as speech and handwriting recognition.
.NET depends on four Internet standards HTTP,,XML, SOAP, UDDI. The first Windows .NET operating system is expected to be released in 2001. Microsoft views this new technology as revolutionary, enabling Internet users to do things that were never before possible, such as integrate fax, e-mail and phone services, centralize data storage and synchronize all of a users computing devices to be automatically updated.
Command processor: The part of the operating system that receives and executes operating system commands. Every operating system has a command processor. When the command prompt is displayed, the command processor is waiting for a command. After you enter a command, the command processor analyzes the syntax to make sure the command is valid, and then either executes the command or issues an error warning. For operating systems with a graphical user interface, the command processor interprets mouse operations and executes the appropriate command.
Another term for command processor is command line interpreter.
Kernel: The central module of an operating system. It is the part of the operating system that loads first, and it remains in main memory. Because it stays in memory, it is important for the kernel to be as small as possible while still providing all the essential services required by other parts of the operating system and applications. Typically, the kernel is responsible for memory management, process and task management, and disk management.
Kernel32.dll: It is the 32-bit dynamic link library found in the Windows operating system kernel. It handles memory management, input/output operations, and interrupts. When Windows boots up, kernel32.dll is loaded into a protected memory space so other applications do not take that space over. On occasion, though, users may encounter the “invalid page fault” error. This error occurs when a program or application tries to access kernel32.dll’s protected memory space. Sometimes the error is caused by one particular program or application, and other times it is provoked by multiple files and applications. If the problem results from running one application, then the application needs to be replaced. If the problem occurs when accessing multiple files and applications, the corruption is probably caused by faulty hardware.
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