New Terms To Rember for Windows 7

WHQL- Run 3rd party apps on hardware or software, if it passes it becomes windows certified

IPX- (internetwork packet exchange) Is not standard protocol for windows 7

OEM- Original Equiptment Manufacturer

API- Application programming interface

XML- eXtensible markup language

Windows presentation fouundation- Unifies the look and feel of the opporating system for developers

Windows communication foundation- enables applications to send messages to each other

Windows workflow foundation- allows devs to to build apps that follow a logical sequence of events

Windows cardspace- allows apps to keep track of user id and password on one or more sucurity
systems and is part of the .net 3.5 framework

TPM- Trusted platform module

NLA- Network location awareness

WDF- Windows driver foundation

WIM- Windows imaging format

Quantum- The amount of time allocated to a program running in a multitasking environment

Teredo- Software client to support IPv4 to IPv6

TPM architecture – Defines options for adding firmware and hardware to computers to dectect low level
tampering before it starts