Owner's manual

Glossary
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Multitasking A property of an operating system in
which several processes can be run
simultaneously.
N
Noise An undesirable electrical signal. Noise
comes from external sources such as
the AC power line, motors, generators,
transformers, fluorescent lights,
soldering irons, CRT dis-plays,
computers, electrical storms, welders,
radio transmitters, and internal sources
such as semiconductors, resistors, and
capacitors.
O
OLE Object Linking and Embedding: A set of
system services that provides a means
for applications to interact and
interoperate. Based on the underlying
Component Object Model, OLE is
object-enabling system software.
Through OLE Automation, an
application can dynamically identify and
use the services of other applications,
to build powerful solutions using
packaged software. OLE also makes it
possible to create compound
documents consisting of multiple
sources of information from different
applications.
OLE Controls See ActiveX Controls.
Operating System Base-level software that controls a
computer, runs programs, interacts
with users, and communicates with
installed hardware or peripheral devices.
Optical Isolation The technique of using an optoelectric
transmitter and receiver to transfer
data without electrical continuity, to