When Microsoft later set out to develop a gaming console, the X was used as the basis of the name Xbox to indicate that the console was based on DirectX technology.

When Microsoft acquired the FASA Interactive subsidiary, Babcock went with that company.

When PenPoint failed in the marketplace, SmartSketch was ported to Microsoft Windows and Mac OS.

When TrueType and the license to Microsoft was announced, John Warnock of Adobe gave an impassioned speech in which he claimed Apple and Microsoft were selling snake oil, and then announced that the Type 1 format was open for anyone to use.

When employed for client-side web development in Microsoft Internet Explorer, VBScript is similar in function to JavaScript.

When specifying file names ( or paths ) in CP / M, DOS, Microsoft Windows and Unix-like operating systems, the asterisk character ("*") substitutes for zero or more characters.

When Microsoft FreeCell became very popular during the 1990s it was not clear which of the 32, 000 deals in the program were solvable.

When released in 1993, Cello was the only browser for the Microsoft Windows platform.

When Microsoft entered an agreement with IBM to develop OS / 2, it lost interest in promoting Xenix.

When Microsoft eventually lost interest in OS / 2 as well, it based its further high-end strategy on Windows NT.

When the IBM PC arrived in late 1981, it came with PC-DOS, which was developed from 86-DOS, which Microsoft acquired for this purpose.

When faced with the same problems on Microsoft Windows-based versions of their programs, Adobe chose to instead include a TIFF file encoded into the header section of the PostScript.

When Alt-0181 or the DOS legacy Alt + 230 is typed into an editable field using the numeric keypad in Microsoft Windows, the µ symbol appears.

When the final revision of the third version of the GPL license was decided, the deal between Microsoft and Novell was grandfathered in.

When video game consoles entered the 4th and 5th generation, Sony and later Microsoft adopted a strategy of embracing cutting edge technology and selling their console at a loss, which was compensated by the licensing fee from sales of games.

When Microsoft Office 95 and Windows 95 were introduced into the Chinese market, the influence and sales of WPS went into steep decline.

When WPS 97 was released in 1997, it struggled to compete with Microsoft Office 97.

When a document is created in Microsoft Word 2007 and opened in an earlier version ( like Microsoft Word 2003 ), Microsoft Word 2003 tells the user it can download a converter to read files in the newer Microsoft Word 2007 format.

When Borland eventually sold its Quattro Pro and Paradox products to Novell, where they would be joined with Word Perfect in an attempt to match Microsoft Office, Borland was left with InterBase, which Esber had purchased in the late 1980s and had its origins as a derivative of the RDB database work at DEC. Borland's ongoing strategy was to refocus its development tools on the corporate market with client – server applications, so Interbase fitted in as a low-end tool and a good generic SQL database for prototyping.

When issuing unscheduled patches, e. g., major patches that aren't released on Patch Tuesday, Microsoft refers to these patches as " out of band.

When a service started up on a machine, it registered a name for itself as chosen by a human administrator.

When the club folded after the 1870 season, Wright was hired by Boston businessman, Ivers Whitney Adams to organize a new team in Boston, and he did, bringing three teammates and the " Red Stockings " nickname along ( Most nicknames were then only nicknames, neither club names nor registered trademarks, so the migration was informal ).

When domain names are registered with a domain name registrar, their installation at the domain registry of a top level domain requires the assignment of a primary name server and at least one secondary name server.

When a gift was worth more than 10, 000 Derrik ( Achaemenian gold coin ) the issue was registered in a special office.

When a service mark is federally registered, the standard registration symbol ® or " Reg U. S. Pat & TM Off " may be used ( the same symbol is used to mark registered trademarks ).

When a domain is registered with a domain name registrar, the zone administrator provides a list of name servers ( typically at least two, for redundancy ) that are authoritative for the zone that contains the domain.

When determining if there a is an " investment contract " that must be registered the courts look for an investment of money, a common enterprise and expectation of profits to come primarily from the efforts of others.

When a is created it is optionally registered with a reference queue.

When the CWA began in eastern North Dakota, it could hire only 480 workers out of 1, 500 who registered for jobs.

When the ampersand forms part of a registered name ( e. g. Smith & Wesson ), it should not be replaced with and.

When he registered for a number, he was amazed that they only wanted him to write his name, and offer no proof of his identity.

When John Stewart was forced to kill fellow Lantern Kirrt after he was broken by the Keepers ' interrogation and was about to give them the information on Oa's planetary shield codes, his death was later registered as a Code GLD that led to the Alpha Lanterns congregating at the Chambers of The Alpha Lanterns where they agreed to commence the arraingement despite their actions causing a possible uproar in the Corps.

When the post office was registered with the U. S. Postmaster General, Vinton, Dr. Knapp ’ s Iowa hometown, was chosen as the name of the settlement.

# When the mobile device is turned on or is transferred via a handover to the network, this new " visited " network sees the device, notices that it is not registered with its own system, and attempts to identify its home network.

Wilson commented to the author of Blame It on the Dog: " When I registered the term with the Library of Congress in 1980, they asked me, ' Why raspberry?

When he registered for the draft, he answered the question " Do you claim exemption from draft ( specify grounds )?

When the University celebrated its first 300 years in 1914 there were 611 registered students ; this had already grown to 1000 by 1924.

The Public Interest Registry registered the ten millionth. ORG domain in June, 2012 .< Ref > When the 9. 5 millionth. org was registered in December 2011,. org, became the third largest gTLD.

When a company announces a corporate action, registered shareholders are told of the event by the company's registrar.

When a driver enters the 407, if he or she does not have a valid transponder in the vehicle, the 407 snaps a picture of the license plate and receives information about the person the plate is registered to, including the name and address, from the Ontario Ministry of Transportation.

When Ōtsuka first registered his school with the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai in 1938, the style was called " Shinshu Wadō-ryū Karate-Jūjutsu ," a name that reflects its hybrid character.

In the wake of this reshuffling, Iorga decided to close down his Neamul Românesc, explaining: " When a defeat is registered, the flag is not surrendered, but its fabric is wrapped around the heart.