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What does IOT mean in regards to SIGIOT?
I've been looking around and I found that it was related to an abort call, Something to do with an IOT trap, but any resource I find seems to assume you already know what that is. Probably isn't ...
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Why is the word 'driver' used in IT to describe software that helps hardware interface with the operating system?
What is the logic behind choosing the word driver to describe this kind of software and when did drivers start to be called this way ?
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What is the difference between terminal and bash? [duplicate]
When I open Terminal Window in Mac OS X, I can type bash and hit enter and I will see:
Last login: Fri Feb 20 14:30:56 on ttys000
Korays-MacBook-Pro:~ koraytugay$ bash
bash-3.2$
I can for example ...
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Linux terms a newbie should know about [closed]
I'm new to Linux, particularly the distributions I'm using - Ubuntu and openSUSE.
I've looked on the Internet for how to install software on these operating systems, but I can't seem to understand ...
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"Stable" operating system - what does it mean exactly?
I've been using Linux for more than 2 years now, and I'm a satisfied user. I started with Ubuntu, then switched to Fedora and now I'm fond of Linux Mint.
Linux is often described as "stable". I have ...
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