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　　Shortcut

　　In Microsoft Windows 98,an icon that provides fast access to a program .A fter you create the shortcut ,you see the program's icon on the desktop ,where you can start it quickly by double-clicking the icon.

　　快捷方式

　　在Microsoft Windows 98中提供的對程序進(jìn)行快速訪問的圖標(biāo)。當(dāng)你建立了快捷方式后,你在桌面上就看到了該程序的圖標(biāo),通過雙擊圖標(biāo)你就可以迅速地啟動(dòng)該程序。

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　　Shortcut Key

　　A key combination that provides one-stroke access directly to a command or dialog box ,bypassing any intermediate menus.

　　快捷鍵

　　是一組提供直接對命令或?qū)υ捒蛞淮吻脫粼L問的鍵組合,繞過任何中間菜單。

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　　Signature

　　In electronic mail and UseNet newsgroups ,a brief file (of approximately t hree or four lines )that contains the message sender's name ,organization ,address ,e-mail address ,and (optionally )telephone numbers .You can configure most s ystems to add this file automatically at the end of each message you send .Ne tiquette advises against long ,complicated signatures ,especially when posting to UseNet .In virus-protection utilities ,program code identifiable as belongi ng to a known virus.

　　簽名

　　在電子郵件和UseNet新聞組中,包括消息發(fā)送者的姓名、機(jī)構(gòu)、地址、e-mail地址和(任選的)電話號(hào)碼的簡要文件(大約3或4行)。你可將多數(shù)系統(tǒng)配置成在你所發(fā)送的每一條消息的最后自動(dòng)加上這個(gè)文件。網(wǎng)上禮儀建議不要有太長太復(fù)雜的簽名,特別是當(dāng)郵送到UseNet時(shí)更是這樣。在病毒保護(hù)實(shí)用程序中,當(dāng)病毒已知時(shí),程序碼是可以識(shí)別的。

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　　Wait state

　　A microprocessor clock cycle in which nothing occurs .A wait state is programmed into a computer system to allow other components ,such as random-access memory (RAM) ,to catch up with the central processing unit (CPU) .The number of wait states depends on the speed of the processor in relation to the speed of memory .Wait states can be eliminated—resulting in a "zero wait state" machine—by using fast (but expensive )cache memory ,interleaved memory ,page-mode RAM ,or static RAM chips.

　　等待狀態(tài)

　　微處理器不執(zhí)行任何動(dòng)作的時(shí)鐘周期。等待狀態(tài)編入計(jì)算機(jī)系統(tǒng)中,以使其他部件(如隨機(jī)RAM)跟上CPU的速度。等待狀態(tài)的次數(shù)取決于與存儲(chǔ)器速度相關(guān)的處理器速度。通過使用快速(但昂貴)的高速緩沖存儲(chǔ)器、交錯(cuò)存取存儲(chǔ)器、頁面式RAM或靜態(tài)RAM芯片,等待狀態(tài)可消除,從而產(chǎn)生“零等待狀態(tài)”機(jī)。

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　　Portal

　　A Web site that serves as a gateway to the Internet .A portal which may be a search engine or a directory web page is a collection of links ,content , and services designed to guide users to information they are likely to find interesting —news , weather , entertainment , commerce sites , chat rooms , and so on . Yahoo! ,Excite ,MSN.com ,Infoseek ,AOL ,Lycos and Netscape NetCenter are examples of portals .A web page is the starting point for web surfing .