While low-quality at first, consumer digital video increased rapidly in quality, first with the introduction of playback standards such as MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 ( adopted for use in television transmission and DVD media ), and then the introduction of the DV tape format allowing recording direct to digital data and simplifying the editing process, allowing non-linear editing systems ( NLE ) to be deployed cheaply and widely on desktop computers with no external playback / recording equipment needed.

While the rapid pace of computer advancement quickly rendered the 68000 obsolete as desktop / workstation CPU, the processor found substantial use in embedded applications.

While originally used primarily for encrypting the contents of e-mail messages and attachments from a desktop client, PGP products have been diversified since 2002 into a set of encryption applications which can be managed by an optional central policy server.

While it is possible for an operating system to make a machine both provide services and respond quickly to the requirements of a user, it is usual to use different operating systems on servers and desktop machines.

While the role of server and desktop operating systems remains distinct, improvements in the reliability of both hardware and operating systems have blurred the distinction between the two classes.

While competing printers and their associated control languages offered some of the capabilities of PostScript, they were limited in their ability to reproduce free-form layouts ( as a desktop publishing application might produce ), use outline fonts, or offer the level of detail and control over the page layout.

While Concurrent DOS continued to evolve in various flavours over the years to eventually become Multiuser DOS, it was not specifically tailored for the desktop market and too expensive for single-user applications.

While desktop replacements can offer better cooling than other laptops, they rarely dissipate heat efficiently enough to allow for high-end desktop-class components, and thus may not reach the same performance levels as desktop computers.

While some believe that Epiphany should be the default web browser in Linux distributions with GNOME as the default desktop environment, the common practice is to distribute Firefox instead.

While videoconferencing technology was initially used primarily within internal corporate communication networks, one of the first community service usages of the technology started in 1992 through a unique partnership with PictureTel and IBM Corporations which at the time were promoting a jointly developed desktop based videoconferencing product known as the PCS / 1.

While the app was initially available exclusively for desktop computers with Adobe Air installed, it eventually became available on mobile platforms, for iPhone, Android, and BlackBerry.

While at Columbia University, Charles wrote the original version of the desktop publishing application FrameMaker, which was the main product of the company he soon co-founded.

While cubicle desk makers usually employ proprietary standards for their fasteners and accessory hooks, this has not stopped the makers of small-scale desktop accessories from producing and marketing myriad pen holders, magazine racks, and such which fit popular brands of cubicle partitions.

While it is possible to use desktop processors in laptops, this practice is generally not recommended, as desktop processors heat faster than notebook processors and drain batteries faster.

While sound user interfaces have a secondary role in common desktop computing, usually limited to system sounds as feedback, software producers take into account people who can't hear, either for personal disability, noisy environments, silence requirements or lack of sound hardware.

While Apple chose to return to traditional and cheaper CRTs for its integrated display desktop line for the next 4 years, the TAM is undoubtedly the predecessor for the successful LCD-based iMac line of all-in-one desktops starting with the iMac G4 released in 2002.

While “ Windows Explorer ” is a term most commonly used to describe the file management aspect of the operating system, the Explorer process also houses the operating system ’ s search functionality and File Type associations ( based on filename extensions ), and is responsible for displaying the desktop icons, the Start Menu, the Taskbar, and the Control Panel.

While 3Com was among the first firms to build a dedicated NAS for desktop operating systems, Auspex Systems was one of the first to develop a dedicated NFS server for use in the UNIX market.

While the 2 GiB limit was quite acceptable at a time when hard disks were smaller, the general increase in storage capacity combined with increased server and desktop file usage, especially for database and multimedia files, led to intense pressure for OS vendors to remove the limitation.

While providing much greater stability than Windows 95, it was also less flexible from a desktop perspective.

While they are less common now than they once were, it is also possible to purchase a drive chassis and mount that will convert a 3. 5-in hard drive into a removable hard disk that can be plugged into and removed from a mounting bracket permanently installed in a desktop PC case.

While the U. S. Department of Labor has a program of projecting industry and occupational employment trends and publishing current outlook statements, there is little tangible evidence that these projections have been used extensively in local curriculum planning.

While not publishing mathematical research in conventional ways during the 1980s, he produced several influential manuscripts with limited distribution, with both mathematical and biographical content.

While there, he initiated an important series of historical monographs on the history of Malaya, publishing the very first of the series in 1960.

" While his intentions for publishing a fresh Latin translation are clear, it is less clear why he included the Greek text.

While a Privatdozent, Zschokke created a sensation by publishing the extravagant novel, Abällino, der grosse Bandit ( 1793 ; subsequently also dramatized ), modelled on Schiller's Die Räuber, and the melodramatic tragedy Julius von Sassen ( 1796 ).

While Annenberg ran his publishing empire as a business, he was not afraid to use it for his own ends.

While the fourth volume is generally regarded as Rodríguez de Montalvo's own work, he claimed to be publishing earlier sources and it is generally accepted that the first three volumes derive from a previous manuscript or oral tradition.

While Knight had sought an outright release from Ruthless Records for Dr. Dre, the JDL and Ruthless Records management negotiated a release in which the record label would continue to receive money and publishing rights from future Dr. Dre projects with Death Row Records, founded by Dr. Dre with Suge Knight.

While Rand was working as a script reader for Paramount Pictures, her boss there, Richard Mealand, offered to introduce her to his publishing contacts.

While the term " electronic publishing " is primarily used today to refer to the current offerings of online and web-based publishers, the term has a history of being used to describe the development of new forms of production, distribution, and user interaction in regard to computer-based production of text and other interactive media.

While in the hospital, Jackson signed a publishing deal with Columbia Records.

While his intentions for publishing a fresh Latin translation are clear, it is less clear why he included the Greek text.

While in Breslau, Dirichlet continued his number theoretic research, publishing important contributions to the biquadratic reciprocity law which at the time was a focal point of Gauss ' research.

While out of office in the mid-1960s he served as editor of The Spectator, where he caused further controversy by publishing in early 1964 a candid account of the 1963 party leadership contest.

While this was a little outside the main centres of British mathematical research, Burnside remained a very active researcher, publishing more than 150 papers in his career.

While plasma cosmology has never had the support of most astronomers or physicists, a few researchers have continued to promote and develop the approach, publishing mostly in the IEEE journal Transactions on Plasma Science.

While the publishing history of the work is not absolutely clear, there is reason to believe that Histriomastix was published late in 1632 by the bookseller Michael Sparke, although it had been in preparation by its author for almost ten years prior to its final printing.

While working for a brief time with Maxim Gorky at the World Literature publishing company, he criticized the Soviet regime.

While living on the road, Oppen began writing poems and publishing in local magazines.

While some software developers use the term ISO C, others are standards body – neutral and use Standard C.

While the conceptual and external levels design can usually be done independently of any DBMS ( DBMS-independent design software packages exist, possibly with interfaces to some specific popular DBMSs ), the internal level design highly relies on the capabilities and internal data structure of the specific DBMS utilized ( see the Implementation section below ).

While some software might always be free, there would be a growing amount of software that was for sale only.

While some people prefer to link the two ideas of “ open source software ” and “ free software ” together, it is important to understand the difference because they offer two separate ideas and values.

While the United States is leading in digital content, South Korea is leading in broadband access, India is leading in software, and Taiwan is leading in research and development.

While this is not a single " killer poke ", it demonstrates a software failure mode that could permanently damage the hardware.

While some embedded systems are very sophisticated, many have minimal requirements for memory and program length, with no operating system, and low software complexity.

While support for driving pen plotters directly or saving files as HPGL has disappeared from most commercial graphics applications, several contemporary software packages make working with HPGL on modern operating systems possible.

While remarkable for its simplicity and speed in software, RC4 has weaknesses that argue against its use in new systems.

While the term refactoring originally referred exclusively to refactoring of software code, in recent years code written in hardware description languages ( HDLs ) has also been refactored.

While TheftTrack was not enabled by default on the software, the program allowed the school district to elect to activate it, and to choose which of the TheftTrack surveillance options the school wanted to enable.

While all software development models bear some similarity to the waterfall model, as all software development models incorporate at least some phases similar to those used in the waterfall model, this section deals with those closest to the waterfall model.

While most of these are games, the library includes programming language implementations, databases ( e. g. VU-File ), word processors ( e. g. Tasword II ), spreadsheets ( e. g. VU-Calc ), drawing and painting tools ( e. g. OCP Art Studio ), and even 3D-modelling ( e. g. VU-3D ) and archaeology software amongst many other types.

While it is certain that the Harvard Mark II operators did not coin the term " bug ", it has been suggested that the incident contributed to the widespread use and acceptance of the term within the computer software lexicon.

While the Tandy DAC's features compared favorably to those offered by Creative's 8-bit Sound Blaster audio cards, it never saw widespread adoption by software developers.

While the origin of the open business plan model is in the free software and Libre services arena,

While not purely a hardware synth, the DS-XG sound cards based on the Yamaha YMF-7 # 4 family of audio chipsets ( including 724, 744, 754, and 764 ), including the Yamaha WaveForce 192 ( SW192XG ) as well as many from other manufacturers and even some PC motherboards with such an audio chipset, included hardware-assisted software VL physical modelling ( like a VL70m or PLG-VL, and compatible with same ) along with the Yamaha XG, wave audio, and 3D gaming sound capabilities of the chipset.

While CORBA promised to deliver much in the way code was written and software constructed, it has been the subject of much criticism.

While this involves solving the problem of matching hardware and software — and the problem that hundreds of cards plug into many different racks — many still find that solving these problems is well worthwhile.

While a long period is not a guarantee of quality in a random number generator, short periods ( such as the 2 < sup > 32 </ sup > common in many software packages ) can be problematic .< ref > Note: 2 < sup > 19937 </ sup > is approximately 4. 3 × 10 < sup > 6001 </ sup >; this is many orders of magnitude larger than the estimated number of particles in the observable universe, which is 10 < sup > 87 </ sup >.</ ref >

While the machine was sleeping, the counter counted 1024 seconds and then woke the machine very briefly so that software could add 1024 seconds to a record of the time held in RAM.

While most of them can only deter the less experienced and determined hackers, SoftICE is no longer a tool of choice for someone new to analysing software.