The essential control programs in a computer. It includes the operating system, databases and communications software. See operating system and platform. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All ...
This course has four purposes: (1) to learn about the hierarchy of abstractions and implementations that comprise a modern computer system; (2) to demystify the machine and the tools that we use to ...
A uniform configuration of hardware and software throughout an organization. It is designed to eliminate software and data incompatibilities and improve troubleshooting. It implies the use of the same ...