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Office short for Microsoft Office, a grouping of software (bundle) products that
includes word processing, publishing, spreadsheets, visual presentation and
Web page creation programs. Users are offered a significant price reduction
when purchasing the software in this package.
OLE (Object Linking and Embedding) software that allows a user to create a file
in one application and incorporate it into another, while retaining the original
file format and association to the program that created it. Windows and
Macintosh operating systems allow for OLE.
on the fly a Web page with dynamic content, or one where the content is frequently
changed. On the fly is the opposite of a static or hardwired page whose content
seldom changes.
online 1. operational or connected, either to one of a computer’s supportive hardware
devices such as a printer or scanner, or to the Internet. 2. to be actively
connected to a network, such as the Internet.
online service the term has come to have a somewhat broad meaning. 1. a company
that, for a fee, provides Internet users with a wide variety of services such
as news, weather, stock quotes, search engines, chat and message forums, email
services, as well as various subscriber benefits possibly including special rates
on mortgages or credit cards, and various other commercial offers. America
Online (AOL) and CompuServe are online service providers. 2. a company
that provides one of several services to Internet subscribers such as Web hosting
or providing the connection for users to access the Internet. For example,
an Internet Service Provider (ISP) would supply its customers with access to
the Internet, email, and in some cases, the space to publish a Web page or two.
Often, but not always, a company outlined in the first definition will provide
many of the services mentioned in the second.
open to access an item such as a file or program.
operating system
operating environment the configuration and type of equipment under which computer
programs run. see environment.
operating system (OS) the underlying software that interfaces with a computer’s
hardware and virtually all other software applications allowing a user to perform
a wide variety of tasks. In the early years of personal computers DOS was
the dominant operating system. Then Microsoft Windows came along. In general
terms, Windows was the logical user-friendly evolution of DOS, utilizing the
graphical user interface concept modeled after the Apple Macintosh. Simply
stated, any operating system provides an environment for a user to run other
programs.