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  2. File locking - Wikipedia

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    In AmigaOS, a lock on a file (or directory) can be acquired using the Lock function (in the dos.library). A lock can be shared (other processes can read the file/directory, but can't modify or delete it), or exclusive so that only the process which successfully acquires the lock can access or modify the object.

  3. Serialization - Wikipedia

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    Flow diagram. In computing, serialization (or serialisation, also referred to as pickling in Python) is the process of translating a data structure or object state into a format that can be stored (e.g. files in secondary storage devices, data buffers in primary storage devices) or transmitted (e.g. data streams over computer networks) and reconstructed later (possibly in a different computer ...

  4. Windows Terminal - Wikipedia

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    Windows Terminal is a multi-tabbed terminal emulator developed by Microsoft for Windows 10 and later [4] as a replacement for Windows Console. [5] It can run any command-line app in a separate tab. It is preconfigured to run Command Prompt , PowerShell , WSL and Azure Cloud Shell Connector, [ 6 ] [ 7 ] and can also connect to SSH by manually ...

  5. Command-line completion - Wikipedia

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    Command-line completion allows the user to type the first few characters of a command, program, or filename, and press a completion key (normally Tab ↹) to fill in the rest of the item. The user then presses Return or ↵ Enter to run the command or open the file.

  6. Windows API - Wikipedia

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    One of the largest changes to the Windows API was the transition from Win16 (shipped in Windows 3.1 and older) to Win32 (Windows NT and Windows 95 and up). While Win32 was originally introduced with Windows NT 3.1 and Win32s allowed use of a Win32 subset before Windows 95, it was not until Windows 95 that widespread porting of applications to ...

  7. List of file signatures - Wikipedia

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    Windows Event Viewer file format 45 6C 66 46 69 6C 65: ElfFile: 0 evtx Windows Event Viewer XML file format 73 64 62 66: sdbf: 8 sdb Windows customized database 50 4D 43 43: PMCC: 0 grp Windows 3.x Program Manager Program Group file format 4B 43 4D 53: KCMS: 0 icm ICC profile: 72 65 67 66: regf: 0 dat hiv Windows Registry file 21 42 44 4E!BDN ...

  8. Asynchronous serial communication - Wikipedia

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    Asynchronous serial communication is a form of serial communication in which the communicating endpoints' interfaces are not continuously synchronized by a common clock signal. Instead of a common synchronization signal, the data stream contains synchronization information in form of start and stop signals, before and after each unit of ...

  9. Windows Console - Wikipedia

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    Windows Console is the infrastructure for console applications in Microsoft Windows. An instance of a Windows Console has a screen buffer and an input buffer. It allows console apps to run inside a window or in hardware text mode (so as to occupy the entire screen). The user can switch between the two using the Alt+↵ Enter key combination