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  2. Ansible (software) - Wikipedia

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    The term "ansible" was coined by Ursula K. Le Guin in her 1966 novel Rocannon's World, [4] and refers to fictional instantaneous communication systems.[5] [6]The Ansible tool was developed by Michael DeHaan, the author of the provisioning server application Cobbler and co-author of the Fedora Unified Network Controller (Func) framework for remote administration.

  3. Ansible - Wikipedia

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    In Ender's Game, Colonel Graff states that "somebody dredged the name ansible out of an old book somewhere". [9] In an answer on the question-and-answer website Quora, Card explained why he chose to reuse the word "ansible" for an FTL communication device instead of developing a new in-universe name for one: In a FTL universe, you have several ...

  4. Shell (computing) - Wikipedia

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    A graphical interface similar to one from the late 1980s, which features a graphical window for a man page, a shaped window (oclock) as well as several iconified windows. . In the lower right we can see a terminal emulator running a Unix shell, in which the user can type commands as if they were sitting at a termin

  5. Powered by the Apocalypse - Wikipedia

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    Default statistics are Hot, Cold, Volatile, and Dark, and the playbooks presented in the main rulebook are The Chosen, the Fae, the Ghoul, the Queen, the Witch, the Werewolf, the Infernal, and the Vampire. It was nominated for six separate awards, although it didn't win any.

  6. Play It as It Lays - Wikipedia

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    The novel continues to be a prominent work in popular culture. The book has been referenced in the Netflix television series, You . [ 29 ] In a 2023 survey among writers by the LA Times, Play It As It Lays was voted the third most popular LA book. [ 30 ]

  7. Computer multitasking - Wikipedia

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    Multitasking of Microsoft Windows 1.01 released in 1985, here shown running the MS-DOS Executive and Calculator programs. In computing, multitasking is the concurrent execution of multiple tasks (also known as processes) over a certain period of time. New tasks can interrupt already started ones before they finish, instead of waiting for them ...

  8. Windowing system - Wikipedia

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    Typical elements of a window.The window decoration is either drawn by the window manager or by the client. The drawing of the content is the task of the client. In computing, a windowing system (or window system) is a software suite that manages separately different parts of display screens. [1]

  9. DevOps - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 25 February 2025. Integration of software development and operations DevOps is the integration and automation of the software development and information technology operations [a]. DevOps encompasses necessary tasks of software development and can lead to shortening development time and improving the ...