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quasi-language

n. A derogatory term for any programming language that, because of deficiencies, is not suitable for any serious work.

query

n. 1. The process of extracting data from a database and presenting it for use. 2. A specific set of instructions for extracting particular data repetitively.

question mark

n. In some operating systems and applications, a wildcard character often used to represent any other single character. The question mark is one of two wildcard characters supported by the MS-DOS, Windows NT, and OS/2 operating systems. See also asterisk.

queue

n. A multi-element data structure from which (by strict definition) elements can be removed only in the same order in which they were inserted; that is, it follows a first-in-first-out (FIFO) constraint. There are also several types of queues in which removal is based on factors other than order of insertion, for example, some priority value assigned to each element. See also deque, element (definition 1). Compare stack.

QuickDraw

n. On the Apple Macintosh, the built-in group of routines within the operating system that control the display of graphics and text. Application programs call QuickDraw for on-screen displays. See also Toolbox.

QuickDraw 3-D

n. A version of the Macintosh QuickDraw library that includes routines for doing 3-D graphics calculations. See also QuickDraw.

QuickTime

n. The multimedia extensions to the Apple Macintosh System 7 software, also available for Windows. QuickTime can synchronize up to 32 tracks of sounds, video images, or MIDI or other control output.

Quick Viewers

n. A set of file viewers supplied with Windows 95.

quit1

n. 1. An FTP command that instructs the server to drop the current connection with the client from which it received the command. 2. A command in many applications for exiting the program.

quit2

vb. 1. To stop in an orderly manner. 2. To execute the normal shutdown of a program and return control to the operating system. Compare abort, bomb2, crash2 (definition 1), hang.

QWERTY keyboard

n. A keyboard layout named for the six leftmost characters in the top row of alphabetic characters on most keyboards--the standard layout of most typewriters and computer keyboards. Compare Dvorak keyboard, ergonomic keyboard.

 

A/B Switch box ~ America On-line  AMI BIOS ~ Arithmetic Operation  ARP ~ AVI  Backbone ~ Bit Image  Bit Map ~ Boot Disk  Boot Drive ~ Bytes Per Inch  C++ ~ Carrier Frequency  carrier system ~ certification  CGI ~ Chooser extension  cipher ~ Clipper Chip  clock ~ color  color bits ~ communications satellite  communications server ~ computer security  CON ~ copy  copy program ~ cycle time  daemon ~ defragmentation  demand paging ~ digitize  DikuMUD ~ disk  disk buffer ~ Document Style Semantics and Specification Language  document window ~ dynamic Web page  Easter egg ~ erase  erase head ~ ezine  F2F ~ finger2  firewall ~ font suitcase  footer ~ FYI  Game Control Adapter ~ GUI  HAL ~ hot key1  hot key2 ~ Hz  i486DX ~ internal modem  internet ~ ISO 9660  ISO/OSI model ~ just-in-time  K1 ~ knowledge base  L1 cache ~ LU  luggable computer ~ LZW compression  MAC ~ MILNET  mime ~ msec  MTBF ~ MYOB  named anchor ~ network drive  Network File System ~ number crunching  object ~ overwrite mode  P5 ~ PC/XT keyboard  PDA ~ pipeline processing  piracy ~ preventive maintenance  preview ~ pwd  quasi-language ~ QWERTY keyboard  R&D ~ registration marks  Registry ~ RFI  RF shielding ~ run-time library  SAA ~ server error  server push-pull ~ soft return  software ~ style sheet  stylus ~ System  T1 ~ ToggleKeys  token ~ typography  UART ~ uupc  V.120 ~ view2  viewer ~ VxD  w3 ~ WinG  WINS ~ WWW  X.25 ~ X Windows  Yahoo! ~ yotta-  Z39.50 standard ~ Zulu time

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