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  2. Fire suppression system - Wikipedia

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    Fire suppression systems are used to extinguish, control, or in some cases, entirely prevent fires from spreading or occurring. Fire suppression systems have an incredibly large variety of applications, and as such, there are many different types of suppression systems for different applications being used today.

  3. Embedded software - Wikipedia

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    Embedded software is computer software, written to control machines or devices that are not typically thought of as computers, commonly known as embedded systems. It is typically specialized for the particular hardware that it runs on and has time and memory constraints. [1] This term is sometimes used interchangeably with firmware.

  4. Microprocessor - Wikipedia

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    The microprocessor is a multipurpose, clock -driven, register -based, digital integrated circuit that accepts binary data as input, processes it according to instructions stored in its memory, and provides results (also in binary form) as output.

  5. Virtualization - Wikipedia

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    Virtual file system: an abstraction layer on top of a more concrete file system, allowing client applications to access different types of concrete file systems in a uniform way; Storage hypervisor: the software that manages storage virtualization and combines physical storage resources into one or more flexible pools of logical storage

  6. API - Wikipedia

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    API. An application programming interface ( API) is a way for two or more computer programs or components to communicate with each other. It is a type of software interface, offering a service to other pieces of software. [1] A document or standard that describes how to build or use such a connection or interface is called an API specification.

  7. Virtual reality - Wikipedia

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    The additional software-generated images with the virtual scene typically enhance how the real surroundings look in some way. AR systems layer virtual information over a camera live feed into a headset or smartglasses or through a mobile device giving the user the ability to view three-dimensional images.

  8. Digital rights management - Wikipedia

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    Digital rights management ( DRM) is the management of legal access to digital content. Various tools or technological protection measures (TPM), [1] such as access control technologies, can restrict the use of proprietary hardware and copyrighted works. [2] DRM technologies govern the use, modification and distribution of copyrighted works (e.g. software, multimedia content) and of systems ...

  9. Graphical user interface - Wikipedia

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    Graphical user interface. A graphical user interface, or GUI ( / ˈɡuːi / [1] [2] GOO-ee ), is a form of user interface that allows users to interact with electronic devices through graphical icons and visual indicators such as secondary notation. In many applications, GUIs are used instead of text-based UIs, which are based on typed command ...