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Following is a list of code names that have been used to identify computer hardware and software products while in development. In some cases, the code name became the completed product's name, but most of these code names are no longer used once the associated products are released.
Janus is a Roman god usually depicted with two faces, here symbolizing the previously separate Windows and MS-DOS products. [ 2] Jastro. —. Windows & MS-DOS 6. Combined bundle of Windows 3.1 and MS-DOS 6. Portmanteau of Janus and Astro, the codename of MS-DOS 6. [ 3] Sparta, Winball.
Software versioning. Software versioning is the process of assigning either unique version names or unique version numbers to unique states of computer software. Within a given version number category (e.g., major or minor), these numbers are generally assigned in increasing order and correspond to new developments in the software.
A list of several such code words can be seen at Byeman Control System. Exercise terms – a combination of two words, normally unclassified, used exclusively to designate an exercise or test [1] In 1975, the Joint Chiefs of Staff introduced the Code Word, Nickname, and Exercise Term System (NICKA) which automated the assignment of names. NICKA ...
Barcode. A UPC-A barcode. A barcode or bar code is a method of representing data in a visual, machine-readable form. Initially, barcodes represented data by varying the widths, spacings and sizes of parallel lines. These barcodes, now commonly referred to as linear or one-dimensional (1D), can be scanned by special optical scanners, called ...
For OS X releases beginning with 10.9, and for macOS releases, landmarks in California were used as public names. [94] For OS X releases beginning with 10.11, and for macOS releases, varieties of apples were used as internal code names. [93] Mac OS X: Cyan, Siam (in reference to joining Mac OS and Rhapsody) [90] Mac OS X Developer Preview 3 ...
Code page. In computing, a code page is a character encoding and as such it is a specific association of a set of printable characters and control characters with unique numbers. Typically each number represents the binary value in a single byte. (In some contexts these terms are used more precisely; see Character encoding § Terminology .)
In information and communications technology, a media type, [ 1][ 2] content type[ 2][ 3] or MIME type[ 1][ 4][ 5] is a two-part identifier for file formats and format contents. Their purpose is comparable to filename extensions and uniform type identifiers, in that they identify the intended data format. They are mainly used by technologies ...