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Users confuse "PC" with "personal computer", "LOAD" with some action someone might do to that computer, and "LETTER" with an alphabet letter or short document (in particular outside the United States and Canada, where most paper is A4 size, and users may not know "LETTER" is a paper size at all).
The RFC specifies this code should be returned by teapots requested to brew coffee. [18] This HTTP status is used as an Easter egg in some websites, such as Google.com's "I'm a teapot" easter egg. [19] [20] [21] Sometimes, this status code is also used as a response to a blocked request, instead of the more appropriate 403 Forbidden. [22] [23]
Power-on self-test. A power-on self-test ( POST) is a process performed by firmware or software routines immediately after a computer or other digital electronic device is powered on. [ 1] POST processes may set the initial state of the device from firmware and detect if any hardware components are non-functional.
The year 2000 problem[ 1], or simply Y2K, comprises potential computer errors related to the formatting and storage of calendar data for dates in and after the year 2000. Many programs represented four-digit years with only the final two digits, making the year 2000 indistinguishable from 1900. Computer systems' inability to distinguish dates ...
1xx—Provisional Responses. 100 Trying. Extended search being performed may take a significant time so a forking proxy must send a 100 Trying response. [ 1]: §21.1.1. 180 Ringing. Destination user agent received INVITE, and is alerting user of call. [ 1]: §21.1.2. 181 Call is Being Forwarded.
The Problem Reports and Solutions Control Panel applet was replaced by the Maintenance section of the Windows Action Center on Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2.. A new app, Problem Steps Recorder (PSR.exe), is available on all builds of Windows 7 and enables the collection of the actions performed by a user while encountering a crash so that testers and developers can reproduce the situation for ...
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The Xbox 360 video game console is subject to a number of technical problems and failures that can render it unusable. However, many of the issues can be identified by a series of glowing red lights flashing on the face of the console; the three flashing red lights nicknamed the " Red Ring of Death " or the " RRoD " [ 1][ 2] being the most ...