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  2. Shutdown (computing) - Wikipedia

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    Shutdown options have been moved from a separate dialog box to the start menu, in Windows Vista and later versions of Microsoft Windows. The above is from Windows 7.. In Microsoft Windows and ReactOS, a PC or server is shut down by selecting the Shutdown item from the Start menu on the desktop.

  3. Unity (user interface) - Wikipedia

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    Unity Desktop, pre-Ubuntu Unity redesign, if installed in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and below. This screenshot is specifically running Unity 7.5.1, on Ubuntu 20.04. The Unity user interface consists of several components: [10] Top menu bar: a multipurpose top bar, saving space, and containing: the menu bar of the active application

  4. Command-line interface - Wikipedia

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    CLIs are made possible by command-line interpreters or command-line processors, which are programs that read command lines and carry out the commands. Alternatives to CLIs include GUIs (most notably desktop metaphors with a mouse pointer , such as Microsoft Windows ), text-based user interface menus (such as DOS Shell and IBM AIX SMIT ), and ...

  5. Kernel panic - Wikipedia

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    If five new kernel panics occur within three minutes of the first one, the Mac will display a prohibitory sign for thirty seconds, and then shut down; this is known as a "recurring kernel panic". [19] In all versions above 10.2, the text is superimposed on a standby symbol and is not full screen.

  6. Unix shell - Wikipedia

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    tcsh and sh shell windows on a Mac OS X Leopard [1] desktop. A Unix shell is a command-line interpreter or shell that provides a command line user interface for Unix-like operating systems. The shell is both an interactive command language and a scripting language, and is used by the operating system to control the execution of the system using ...

  7. GNOME - Wikipedia

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    Beginning with GNOME 3.8, GNOME provides a suite of officially supported GNOME Shell extensions that provide an Applications menu (a basic start menu) and a "Places menu" on the top bar and a panel with a windows list at the bottom of the screen that lets users quickly minimize and restore open windows, a "Show Desktop" button in the bottom ...

  8. Upstart (software) - Wikipedia

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    Upstart operates asynchronously; it handles starting of the tasks and services during boot and stopping them during shutdown, and also supervises the tasks and services while the system is running. Easy transition and perfect backward compatibility with sysvinit were the explicit design goals; [ 4 ] accordingly, Upstart can run unmodified ...

  9. Booting process of Linux - Wikipedia

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    The init system is the first daemon to start (during booting) and the last daemon to terminate (during shutdown). Systemd load is a runlevel target to get the system in working condition. Running the command systemctl get-default will show the default target. [21] Historically this was the "SysV init", which was just called "init".