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reference monitorIn operating systems architecture, a reference monitor is a secure, always-used and fully-testable module that controls all software access to data objects or devices. The reference monitor verifies the nature of the request against a table of allowable access types for each process on the system. For example, Windows 3.x and 9x operating systems were not built with a reference monitor, whereas the Windows NT line (NT/2000/XP), which was designed with an entirely different architecture, does contain one. reference monitor [′ref·rəns ‚män·əd·ər] (computer science) A means of checking that a particular user is allowed access to a specified object in a computing system. Also known as access control mechanism; reference validation mechanism. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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If you showed some seasoned broadcast engineers the HD video output of the XL H1 on a reference monitor, I think they'd be quite surprised when they saw the actual size of the camera itself. The new Mackie Designs HR824 High-Resolution Active Studio Reference Monitor is designed to be one of the most accurate near-field monitors available. The new 20-inch true color reference monitor, with a viewable image area of 19. |
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