Terms starting with S

4 terms in Operating systems

  • Safe mode

    Operating systems › OS updates & maintenance

    Safe mode is a diagnostic startup that loads an operating system with minimal drivers and services so faults can be isolated and…

  • Secure Boot

    Operating systems › Boot & firmware

    Secure Boot is a UEFI firmware feature that lets a PC start only bootloaders and drivers signed by trusted keys, blocking boot-level…

  • Standard user account

    Operating systems › User accounts

    A standard user account is an operating system account that can run programs and change personal settings but cannot change system-wide configuration.

  • System call

    Operating systems › OS fundamentals

    A system call is the controlled entry point through which a user program asks the operating system kernel to do privileged work…