Ambient authority — A computer program is said to use ambient authoritywhen it designates permissionsthat it wishes to exercise from a global namespace.The authority is ambient in the sense that it exists in a broadly visible environmentwhere others can request it… … Wikipedia
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Matteo Ricci — Matteo Ricci † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Matteo Ricci Founder of the Catholic missions of China, b. at Macerata in the Papal States, 6 Oct. 1552; d. at Peking, 11 May, 1610. Ricci made his classical studies in his native town,… … Catholic encyclopedia
Btrieve — In computing, Btrieve is a transactional database product based on Indexed Sequential Access Method (ISAM), which is a way of storing data for fast retrieval. There have been several versions of the product for DOS, Linux, older versions of… … Wikipedia
File system — For library and office filing systems, see Library classification. Further information: Filing cabinet A file system (or filesystem) is a means to organize data expected to be retained after a program terminates by providing procedures to store,… … Wikipedia
HTTP cookie — HTTP Persistence · Compression · HTTPS Request methods OPTIONS · GET · HEAD · POST · PUT · DELETE · TRACE · CONNECT Header fields Cookie · ETag · Location · Referer DNT · … Wikipedia
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PaX — In computer security, PaX is a patch for the Linux kernel that implements least privilege protections for memory pages. The least privilege approach allows computer programs to do only what they have to do in order to be able to execute properly … Wikipedia