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Queue: This term is pronounced
exactly like the letter "Q". It is not pronounced "kay"
or "kyoo-ee" like some people seem to think it is.
A queue is a list of jobs that are awaiting to be processed.
When when a job is sent to a queue it is simply added to the
list of jobs. Computer programs often work with queues as a way
to order tasks. For example, when the CPU finishes one computation,
it will process the next one in the queue. A printer queue is
a list of documents that are waiting to be printed. When you
decide to print a document it is sent to the printer queue. If
there are no jobs currently in the queue the document will be
printed immediately. However, if there are jobs already in the
queue, the new document will be added to the list and printed
when the others have finished. Most printers today come with
software that allows you to manually sort, cancel, and add jobs
to the printer queue. While this may not seem like a great benefit
for the typical home user it can be a helpful tool for businesses
where many people share one printer.
QuickTime: This is a multimedia
technology developed by Apple Computer. It is a popular format
for creating and storing sound, graphics, and movie (.mov) files.
Though it is an Apple technology QuickTime software is available
for both the Mac OS and the Windows platform. If you don't have
QuickTime on your computer or if you want to see if you have
the latest version check out Apple's QuickTime site.
QWERTY: This term is used
to describe a standard (Latin alphabet-based) keyboard. Why?
Because the first six keys in the upper-left part of the keyboard
spell out Q-W-E-R-T-Y. I suppose you could call it a QWERTYUIOP
keyboard but QWERTY is a lot easier to say. In case you are wondering
why the QWERTY keyboard is arranged like it is the original reason
was to reduce the jamming of typebars in typewriters as they
moved to strike the paper. In 1932 August Dvorak developed what
was intended to be a more efficient keyboard in which he placed
the vowels and the five most common consonants in the middle
row based on the idea that an alternating rhythm would be established
between the right and left hands. Though the keys on the Dvorak
keyboard were more efficiently arranged it was and still is too
much of a pain for people to switch from the familiar QWERTY
arrangement.
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