Re: What's the Big Deal with Firefox?
"Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T" <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.mozilla.devel.windows |
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| Organization | VPEA |
| Message-ID | <cs3lt9$klf1__11797.8865783245$1105550219$gmane$org@ripley.netscape.com> |
Andrew DeFaria wrote: > Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T wrote: > >> Reboot means you have a system crash which causes you to have to do a >> system restart. (on PeeCee machines it ctl-alt-delete). ON OSX I've >> actually forgotten how to restart. And I haven't used OS9 in so long >> I've forgotten how to as well there. > > > A reboot means that the OS is being reloaded from scratch (not to the > hard drive but at least to memory). A power off/power on will > effectively reboot the computer unless something like hibernation is > going on. > > BTW: Ctl-Alt-Delete no longer reboots the computer - in XP it merely > starts the Task Manager. > >> Now when I nstall software the installer automatically does a restart. > > > If the OS is getting restarted then it's effectively a reboot. > >> And if use a Mantainence program such a Oynxy. It does an auto Restart >> after it complete task. >> >> But day to day its once on and once off. And if a program dies, you >> just click on it and restart and go on about your business (though I >> don't see that often.) > > > Same with Windows. Well maybe the terminology has changed. when I went to school. A computer that was turned on for the first time during the day, the computer was starting from a "Cold Boot". A "restart" was when the computer was already actively runing and you pressed a key combination, or from a Menu choice. The power wasn't turned off at any time (during the restart.) -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Phillip M. Jones, CET |MEMBER:VPEA (LIFE) ETA-I, NESDA,ISCET, Sterling 616 Liberty Street |Who's Who. PHONE:276-632-5045, FAX:276-632-0868 Martinsville Va 24112 |[email protected], ICQ11269732, AIM pjonescet --------------------------------------------------------------------------- If it's "fixed", don't "break it"! mailto:[email protected] <http://www.kimbanet.com/~pjones/default.htm> <http://home.kimbanet.com/~pjones/90th_Birthday/index.htm> <http://vpea.exis.net>