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UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface)

botond published 2020/01/18, Sat - 10:45 time
UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) is a specification that defines the interface between the operating system and the platform firmware. UEFI replaces the previous Basic Input Output System (BIOS) that was originally found on all IBM PC-compatible personal computers, but most UEFI implementations still in use today also support legacy BIOS features through the Compatibility Support Module (CSM).

BIOS (Basic Input Output System)

botond published 2020/01/03, p - 14:50 time
BIOS stands for Basic Input / Output System, a system that initializes hardware during the system startup process and provides runtime services for operating systems and programs.

UUID (Universally unique identifier)

botond published 2019/12/22, v - 15:45 time
The universally unique identifier (UUID) is a 128-bit number used to identify information in computer systems. The term globally unique identifier (GUID) is also used, usually in software created by Microsoft.

GNU GROUP

botond published 2019/12/21, Sat - 17:33 time
GRUB is a software package that loads the GNU Project operating system, which allows you to choose which system to boot when you start your computer, if you have more than one installed on your computer, or to run a specific kernel configuration on a partition of that operating system.

Multi-Processing Modules (MPMs)

botond published 2019/10/22, k - 19:40 time
Apache Multi-Processing Modules (MPMs) Introduction to Encyclopedia: Apache's modular architecture allows the server to contain a variety of modules that can more efficiently handle incoming requests by running multiple child processes. These modules are called Multi-Processing Modules (MPMs).

Wine

botond published Jan. 2019, 08, 07:13 p.m. time
Wine is an open source code derived from the abbreviation "Wine is Not an Emulator", which provides a compatibility layer for UNIX-like operating systems, such as Linux, for running Windows applications and games, macOS and BSD.

tethering

botond published 2019/06/23, v - 13:32 time
Introduction to tethering in Encyclopedia

Virtual Host

botond published Jan. 2019, 02, 13:19 p.m. time
Introducing Virtualhost in Encyclopedia

LAMP systems

botond published 2019/02/05, k - 11:43 time
Introduction to the LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) software package system in the encyclopedia