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Q-Cable
- Term used for 32-bit
Wide SCSI cable.
QBE
- Refer to Query By
Example.
QIC
- Refer to
Quarter-Inch Cartridge.
Quantum
- Tiny amount of time
of energy in physics. In terms of computers, quantum computing
theoretically would give users the capability to do parallel processing
(calculate more numbers at once). Future computers designed with quantum
computing would be dizzyingly faster than today's computers because they
could factor numbers very quickly.
Quarter-Inch
Cartridge (QIC) - Format
of magnetic data storage tape used to create backup files. The storage
capacities of QICs range from 40MB to 13GB
Quartz
crystal - Small piece
of quartz, formed to exact size and shape, that vibrates at a defined
frequency when electricity is applied to it. It is used to regulate time
in watches and the operation of PCs.
Query
- To request
information from a database during database processing.
Query
By Example (QBE) - To
request information from a database by providing words or phrases in the
fields of the database where the user would like to find them. The user
types data into the fields of a database form. The computer then attempts
to find records most like the example just created by the user.
Queue
- Operations such as
printing that are being held, usually in the order received, before the
computer executes them. Also refers to lining up these operations. When
referring to programming, it means to remove data elements in the order
they were entered.
Queue
management system - System,
such as a print manager, that sorts different operations and executes
them by predetermined priority.
QuickTime
- Type of video and
sound playback format from computers developed by Apple Computer. Apple
includes QuickTime software with the Macintosh operating system also
offers a version for the PC users.
Quit
- To end a session
with a program by purposely closing the application.
QWERTY keyboard - Invented by Christopher Sholes (who invented the
typewriter in 1868), this keyboard takes its name from the arrangement of
the top-left six keys. The QWERTY standard is by far the most common
keyboard in use, although the Dvorak keyboard design is more efficient.
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