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resource Last modified: Tuesday, November 20, 2001
(1) Generally, any item that can be used. Devices such as printers and disk drives are resources, as is memory. (2) In many operating systems, including Microsoft Windows and the Macintosh operating system, the term resource refers specifically to data or routines that are available to programs. These are also called system resources.
Resource Conflicts and Conflict Resolution Describes the nature of resource conflicts, along with information about sharing resources and conflict resolution. This page is from "The PC Guide". System Configuration notes Describes the assignment of resources to devices, problems with changing default resource assignments, and a device resource usage summary. This page is from "The PC Guide".	Related Categories Operating Systems Related Terms UNC