Diskeeper 10 User's Manual

90 Glossary
single volume, often called drive C:, or it can have several volumes, such as drive C:, drive D:, and drive E:.
See also drive letter, logical drive, partition.
volume set: In Windows, a single logical drive, which is composed of up to 32 areas of free space on one or
more disk drives. Volume sets can be used to combine small areas of free space on one or more disk drives into
a larger logical drive, or to create a single large logical drive out of two or more small disks.
Windows: A family of operating systems, first introduced by Microsoft in 1983, with a graphical user
interface and which ran on MS-DOS based computers. See also Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT,
Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.
Windows 2000: Originally named Windows NT 5.0, Windows 2000 is a family of operating systems for
desktop computers and network servers, announced by Microsoft in 1998. Windows 2000 resembled Windows
NT 4.0 and Windows 98, but had many enhancements and new features. Windows 2000 is available in several
editions, ranging from Windows 2000 Professional to Windows 2000 Advanced Server.
Windows 95: A version of Windows released in 1995. New features in Windows 95 with regard to its
predecessor, Windows 3.1, included a new user interface and support for 32-bit applications. See also OSR 2.
Windows 98: Successor to the Windows 95 operating system, Windows 98 featured support for the FAT32 file
system, greater Internet integration, and support for the latest (at the time) hardware developments.
Windows Me: Short for Windows Millennium Edition, an operating system released by Microsoft in
September 2000. Successor to Windows 98 and designed for home use, Windows Me offers enhancements in
the areas of digital media, user interface, home networking, and the Internet.
Windows NT: An operating system released by Microsoft in 1993 (NT stands for New Technology.) It has a
similar graphical user interface to Windows, but it does not run over MS-DOS and was designed specifically
for computer network environments.
Windows Server 2003: An operating system released by Microsoft in 2003 as the follow-up version to
Windows 2000 Server. Like its predecessor, it has a similar graphical user interface to Windows, but it does not
run over MS-DOS and has been designed specifically for computer network environments. Windows Server
2003 is available in Standard, Web, Enterprise, and Datacenter editions.
Windows XP: An operating system released by Microsoft in 2001 as the follow-up version to Windows 2000.
Like its predecessor, it has a similar graphical user interface to other Windows versions, but it does not run
over MS-DOS and has been designed specifically for computer network environments. Windows XP is
available in several editions for different uses, such as Windows XP Professional for corporate use, or
Windows XP Home Edition for home users.
workgroup: In Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Server 2003, a workgroup consists of
one or more computers that do not participate in a domain and are therefore responsible for their own security
and administration.
workstation: A computer that has been set up for use by an individual typically connected to a network. The
term is also used to indicate a client computer, in contrast with a server.
x86: Symbol to represent a series of CPUs, manufactured by Intel and others, including model numbers 8086,
80286, 80386, 80486 and 80586 (Pentium). All of the CPUs in this series have certain characteristics in
common, which permits software to be written that will run on any of them.