Re: Use of the term 'resident'

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"Art®", is there a remote chance that an AV program or an anti-spyware
program has call back hotkey combos? belp

"Art®" wrote:

> Sometime back in the days of DOS there were programs that were referred to
> as TSR's. That stood for "terminate stay resident". That meant that the
> program would run some code which would terminate, but that it would leave
> part of the program resident in memory. If I remember correctly, "Sidekick"
> was an example of a TSR. The part of the program that was resident could be
> called up with a hotkey combination, such as Alt M for the main menu, Atl N
> for the notepad, Alt C for the calculator, etc.
>
> Regarding anti-virus and anti-spyware programs, it could mean that part of
> the program actually stays resident in memory so it can monitor the files
> that are being accessed on your computer for viruses and spyware.
>
> Art
>
> "belp" <belp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1B789880-C8BF-48F0-9876-920A79952CFF@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > What does the term 'resident' mean in the following contexts?
> >
> > "My resident Anti-virus is AVG Free." and "My resident
> > anti-spyware
> > is WinPatrol."
> >
> > belp
> >
> > Dell8300
> > xp home sp2
>
>
>
.

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