`
`DICTIONARY
`of
`COMPUTER
`TERMS
`
`XTH EDITIONS
`
`The Best Computer Dictionary in Print
`
`Clear, complete, up-to-date
`
`Extensive Internet coverage
`
`More than 4,000 terms and acronyms
`
`Bryan Pfaffenberger
`
`OuUL’
`
`Patent Owner, Bot M8 LLC - Ex. 2023, p. 1
`
`Patent Owner, Bot M8 LLC - Ex. 2023, p. 1
`
`
`
`Webster’s New World™
`Dictionary of Computer Terms, 6th Edition
`Copyright © 1997 by
`Simon & Schuster, Inc.
`
`All rights reserved
`including theright of reproduction
`in whole or in part in any form
`
`Macmillan General Reference
`A Simon & Schuster Macmillan Company
`1633 Broadway
`New York, NY 10019-6785
`
`Macmillan Publishing books may be purchased for business or
`sales promotional use. For informationplease write: Special
`Markets Department, Macmillan Publishing USA,
`1633 Broadway, New York, NY 10019.
`
`A Webster’s New World™Book
`MACMILLANisa registered trademark of Macmillan,Inc.
`WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD DICTIONARY is a registered trade-
`mark of Simon & Schuster, Inc.
`Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 97-80220
`ISBN:0-02-861890-4
`
`Manufactured in the United States ofAmerica
`234567
`978 99 00 1
`0%
`
`Patent Owner, Bot M8 LLC- Ex. 2023,p. 2
`
`Patent Owner, Bot M8 LLC - Ex. 2023, p. 2
`
`
`
`64 Boolean operator
`Boolean operator A word, generally typed iy
`that indicates how search terms should be comb
`search. Synonymous with logical operator,
`
`2 Capital
`ned in a B <
`
`gy
`
`Boolean Operators
`Thesearch ren;
`If you link two search terms with:
`
`AND (“Chardonnay AND Zinfandel”)—Only those rec asOrd;
`documents that Sen
`both of these terms "
`Anyrecord or d
`OCUMen
`that contains eit
`her of
`these terms
`NOT (“Chardonnay NOT Zinfandel”)—Any record or ese.
`ment that contains
`“Chardonnay,” except
`those that also contain
`“Zinfandel”
`
`OR (“Chardonnay OR Zinfandel”)
`
`Boolean searchAsearch that involves the use of Boolean
`operators (AND, OR, and NOT). In a Booleansearch, you cay
`use these operators to refine the scope of your search.
`
`1.To initiate an automatic routine that clears the mem-
`boot
`ory, loads the operating system (OS), and prepares the computer
`for use. Included in the computer’s read-only memory (ROM)1s
`the Power-On Self-Test (POST), which executes whenthe power
`is switched on (a cold boot). After a systemcrash or lockup occur,
`you usually must boot the computer again, or reboot,bypressing
`the Reset button or a key combination suchas Ctrl+Alt+Del
`(IBM PCs and compatibles) or Ctrl+Command+Start (Mac-
`intoshes) (a warm boot). The term is derived fromthe expression
`“pulling oneself up by the bootstraps.” 2. The process ofstarting
`the computer (cold boot) or restarting (warm boot).
`BOOTP Acronymfor Bootstrap Protocol, an Internet protocol
`that enables workstations on a local area network (LAN) to find
`their IP address dynamically.
`boot sector The first track on an IBM PC-compatible hard oF
`floppy disk (track 0). During the boot process, read-only memory
`(ROM) tells the computer to read thefirst block of data oP thi
`track and load whatever programis foundthere.If systemfiles ae
`:
`Patent Owner, Bot M8 LLC- Ex. 2023, p.3
`
`|
`
`Patent Owner, Bot M8 LLC - Ex. 2023, p. 3
`
`