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Today • March 15

DVD+RW

Stands for "Digital Versatile Disk Rewritable" and is pronounced "DVD plus RW." DVD+RW is one of two standards for rewritable DVDs, along with DVD-RW. DVD+RW discs can be written to, erased, and rewritten up to 1,000 times and can store up to 4.7 GB of data or video. Since the rewritable surface is less reflective than ... Read More

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Which of the following best describes a hotfix?

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It is software update only available from a burned CD.
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It is a software update designed to fix a bug or security hole.
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It is an update to an operating system kernel.
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It is an open source software patch.
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