/* author: cameron keith */
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/* Creation date: 8/5/01 */
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/* Creation date: 8/20/01 */

function aRevEngineer()
{
	alert("\t\t\tReverse Engineer:\n\t\t------------------------------------------------------\nTo isolate the components of a completed system. When a chip is reverse engineered, \nall the individual circuits that make up the chip are identified. Source code can be \nreverse engineered into design models or specifications. Machine language can be \nreversed into assembly langauge.\n\tAs defined by: http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/");
}


function aKernel()
{
	alert("\t\t\tKernel:\n\t\t-----------------------------------------\nThe fundamental part of a program, typically an operating system, that resides in memory at \nall times and provides the basic services. It is the part of the operating system that \nis closest to the machine and may activate the hardware directly or interface to \nanother software layer that drives the hardware. \n\tAs defined by: http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/");
}

function aCommProc()
{
	alert("\t\t            Command Processor:\n\t\t------------------------------------------------------\nA system program that accepts user commands and converts them into the machine\ncommands required by the operating system or some other control program or\napplication. COMMAND.COM is the command processor that accompanies DOS and\nWindows, and CMD.EXE is the Windows NT/2000 counterpart. The C shell and Bourne\nshell are examples of command processors in UNIX.\n\tAs defined by: http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/");
}

function aAPI()
{
	alert("\t\t\t\tAPI:\n\t\t\t-----------------------------------\n(Application Program Interface) A language and message format used by an application\nprogram to communicate with the operating system or some other control program such\nas a database management system (DBMS) or communications protocol. APIs are\nimplemented by writing function calls in the program, which provide the linkage to the\nrequired subroutine for execution. Thus, an API implies that some program module is\navailable in the computer to perform the operation or that it must be linked into the\nexisting program to perform the tasks.\n\tAs defined by: http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/");
}

function aVirtMach()
{
	alert("\t\t\tVirtual Machine:\n\t\t------------------------------------------------------\nOne system image in a computer that supports multiple system images. Each system\nimage contains the operating system and its associated applications, and each image may\nhave the same operating system or a different operating system. Computers are built with\nhardware circuits that support virtual machine capability. Years ago, IBM's VM\nmainframe operating system was the first to provide this capability, and it did it entirely\nin software. Later, hardware circuits were added to provide virtual partitioning of the\ncomputer (see VM, LPAR and PR/SM). The x86 CPU in a PC has a built in virtual\nmachine mode.\n\tAs defined by: http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/");
}

function aWidget()
{
	alert("\t\t\tWidget:\n\t\t-------------------------------------------\nA command button, check box, radio button, or any other \"art\" in a GUI windowing system. \nMostly a UNIX term used in reference to the different window managers.\n\nI couldn't find an official definition, not from the place all the other definitions were \nfound any way so if you have a better answer please send it along.");
}

function aIOW()
{
	alert("\t\tIOW:\n\t-----------------------------------\nFancy 'net speak for \"In Other Words\", as far as I know.");
}