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  2. Software bloat - Wikipedia

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    In his 2001 essay Strategy Letter IV: Bloatware and the 80/20 Myth, [3] Joel Spolsky argues that while 80% of the users only use 20% of the features (a variant on the Pareto principle), each one uses different features. Thus, "lite" software editions turn out to be useless for most, as they miss the one or two special features that are present ...

  3. PowerShell - Wikipedia

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    PowerShell is a task automation and configuration management program from Microsoft, consisting of a command-line shell and the associated scripting language.Initially a Windows component only, known as Windows PowerShell, it was made open-source and cross-platform on August 18, 2016, with the introduction of PowerShell Core. [9]

  4. macOS malware - Wikipedia

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    In March 2016 Apple shut down the first ransomware attack targeted against Mac users, encrypting the users' confidential information. [8] It was known as KeRanger.After completing the encryption process, KeRanger demanded that victims pay one bitcoin (about US$400 at the time, about US$57,364.10 as of July 9, 2024) for the user to recover their credentials.

  5. Comparison of command shells - Wikipedia

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    Most modern shells support command history. Shells which support command history in general also support completion from history rather than just recalling commands from the history. In addition to the plain command text, PowerShell also records execution start- and end time and execution status in the command history.

  6. Pre-installed software - Wikipedia

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    However, this does not remove the software from the device entirely, and they still consume storage unless they are removed via unsupported modifications. [ 19 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Android 5.0 began to allow carrier apps to be automatically downloaded from Google Play Store during initial device setup instead; they are installed the same way as user ...

  7. Fork bomb - Wikipedia

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    The concept behind a fork bomb — the processes continually replicate themselves, potentially causing a denial of service. In computing, a fork bomb (also called rabbit virus) is a denial-of-service (DoS) attack wherein a process continually replicates itself to deplete available system resources, slowing down or crashing the system due to resource starvation.

  8. List of Mac software - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of Mac software – notable computer applications for current macOS operating systems. For software designed for the Classic Mac OS , see List of old Macintosh software . Audio software

  9. del (command) - Wikipedia

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    AmigaDOS [10] and TSC FLEX [11] provide a delete command as well. The erase command is supported by Tim Paterson's SCP 86-DOS. [12] On MS-DOS, the command is available in versions 1 and later. [13] It is also available in the open-source MS-DOS emulator DOSBox. Datalight ROM-DOS also includes an implementation of the del and erase commands. [14]