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Red Hat is a provider of enterprise Linux and other open source software.
The partition on a disc where the /boot directory is mounted. The boot partition contains the operating system kernel, as well as critical files needed during the boot process.
Industry:Software
The partition where / (the root directory) will be located on a UNIX or UNIX-compatible system.
Industry:Software
The positioning of text along the document margins in a word processing application.
Industry:Software
The primary drive on an Integrated Device Electronics (IDE) chain. The master drive is usually bootable and/or contains an operating system's most critical files.
Industry:Software
The process of encoding data such that users and processes with proper authentication credentials can access it, while unauthorised users cannot.
Industry:Software
The process of loading a computer's operating system. If your system is working properly, the operating system boots when the computer is turned on.
Industry:Software
The process of relocating broken or separated files from random, non-contiguous locations on a physical disc platter to contiguous locations, which improves the speed and reliability of the disk.
Industry:Software
The proper functionality of one package may rely on the existence of another package, meaning there is a dependency. RPM will not normally allow packages with unresolved dependencies to be installed without explicit intervention by the user.
Industry:Software
