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Background operation -
This is an action performed by an application when another application is already active.

Backup -
A Windows 95 program that allows the user to back up files from a hard disk onto a floppy disk, another computer, or tape drive.

BIOS -
Basic Input/Output System.

Batch program -
A text file that tells Windows 95 to perform one or more actions in order.

Binary -
A numbering system which uses only two values : 0 and 1.

BEDO RAM (Burst Extended-data-out RAM) -
Can handle 4 data elements in one burst, which allows the last 3 elements to avoid the delay of the first.

Binary file -
Any file that has characters other than text.

Bits per second (BPS) -
A data transmission speed measurement over a serial link.

Boot partition -
The partition of the hard disk that holds the Windows 95 operating system.

Browse -
To examine and search through files, directories, the Internet etc.

Burst Extended-data-out RAM (BEDO RAM) -
Can handle 4 data elements in one burst, which allows the last 3 elements to avoid the delay of the first.