- Industry: Software
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Red Hat is a provider of enterprise Linux and other open source software.
A storage disk partition used to support virtual memory. Data is written to a swap partition when there is not enough main memory to store the data that a system is processing.
Industry:Software
A system component that enables a computer to output information to a display such as a monitor.
Industry:Software
A system that uses domain name system (DNS) to translate an assigned name into its associated IP address, and vice versa.
Industry:Software
A TCP/IP protocol allowing a diskless workstation to find its own IP address at startup.
Industry:Software
A technical note submitted to the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) that describes novel techniques or technologies that can be eventually voted into a standard.
Industry:Software
A temporary file that keeps data and applications from being used by multiple processes or users, which may cause data collisions and/or corruption.
Industry:Software
A temporary storage area for currently-used or recently-accessed data. Cache can be system-level (residing in dedicated cache memory on the motherboard or physically etched on the central processing unit) or disk-based (residing in main memory such as a hard disk drive or RAM).
Industry:Software
A type of hub that connects to a gateway and forwards packets between a host on a private network and the Internet.
Industry:Software
A type of network-based attack in which a malicious user sends massive amounts of unsolicited (and sometimes useless) data to a recipient system or network, causing congestion and availability issues for legitimate users.
Industry:Software
A type of printer which uses water-based inks that spray through tiny nozzles onto the printing surface. Inkjet printers are popular for their low cost and high image output quality.
Industry:Software
