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QIC --- Quick View
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QIC
--- A formatting standard for tapes used by various tape backup devices.
The amount of information that can be stored on a tape varies by the QIC number. Windows 95's Backup program supports
QIC 40, 80, 3010, and 3020 formats. It also supports QIC 113 compression format.
QuakeSpy ---
A Windows 95 program that retrieves via the Internet a list of active servers for gamers to connect
to play the game Quake. QuakeSpy can parse any finger or Web page for IP addresses. It also features customizable
filter settings to help weed through the Quake jungle. It then polls the sites on your list and determines the
server name, map name, current and maximum players, and displays them starting with the lowest ping time.
Query ---
A question, usually used in connection with a search engine or database to find a particular file,
Web site, record or set of records in a database.
Queue
--- Commands or processes, waiting to be processed.
Quick
format --- A quick way to format a floppy disk, quick format doesn't
actually wipe the whole disk, nor does it test the media for bad sectors. It just erases the FAT.
Quick
View --- A program
included with Windows 95 that enables you to view files stored in 30 different file formats without needing to
open the application that created the file. Quick View is available from the File menu of Explorer if a viewer
is available for the selected file type.
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QuickTime
--- QuickTime VR
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QuickTime --- Developed by Apple, QuickTime is a compression
and decompression (codec) scheme for animation files. It is unique in that versions are available for both Windows
and Macintosh, enabling software designers to provide their data in a format compatible for both platforms.
QuickTime VR --- Software for Macintosh and PC/Windows which brings virtual reality to your desktop
without any special equipment. Use it to experience a 3D photographic or rendered representation of any person,
place or thing. Use your mouse and keyboard to rotate objects, zoom in or out of a scene, look around 360 degrees,
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