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Technical Writing Glossary - T
 

<TAB>

a key to use for indenting in a document.

tab

n. a text indent; v.   To move the cursor on a display screen or the print head on a printer to a specified column (tab stop).  There are both horizontal and vertical tab characters in the ASCII character set.

Tb

terabits, one trillion bits; e.g., 86Tb no space

TB

terabytes, one trillion bytes; e.g., 86TB no space

terabyte

1000 gigabytes.     See also: byte , kilobyte

timeout

n.   In communications, the intentional ending of an incomplete task. 

timesharing

one word, no hyphen. A multi-user computer environment that lets users initiate their own sessions and access selected databases as required, such as when using online services.  A system that serves many users, but for only one application, is technically not timesharing.

tool set

two words

troubleshoot

one word, no hyphen  To find out why something does not work and to fix the problem.  Troubleshooting a computer often requires determining whether the problem is due to malfunctioning hardware or buggy or out-of-date software

turnkey

one word, no hyphen   A complete system of hardware and software delivered to the customer ready-to-run.