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Distribution Media Format, the Glossary

Index Distribution Media Format

Distribution Media Format (DMF) is a format for floppy disks that Microsoft used to distribute software.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 19 relations: Apple Inc., Byte, Cabinet (file format), Copyright infringement, Cylinder-head-sector, Data storage, Disk Copy, Disk sector, Fdformat, File format, Floppy disk, HDCopy, IBM Extended Density Format, Microsoft, Microsoft Knowledge Base, Sams Publishing, Software, Virtual PC, 2M (DOS).

  2. Floppy disk computer storage

Apple Inc.

Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, in Silicon Valley.

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Byte

The byte is a unit of digital information that most commonly consists of eight bits.

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Cabinet (file format)

Cabinet (or CAB) is an archive-file format for Microsoft Windows that supports lossless data compression and embedded digital certificates used for maintaining archive integrity.

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Copyright infringement (at times referred to as piracy) is the use of works protected by copyright without permission for a usage where such permission is required, thereby infringing certain exclusive rights granted to the copyright holder, such as the right to reproduce, distribute, display or perform the protected work, or to produce derivative works.

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Cylinder-head-sector

Cylinder-head-sector (CHS) is an early method for giving addresses to each physical block of data on a hard disk drive.

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Data storage

Data storage is the recording (storing) of information (data) in a storage medium.

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Disk Copy

Disk Copy was the default utility for handling logical volume images in System 7 through Mac OS X 10.2 (usable in System Software 6 as well).

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Disk sector

In computer disk storage, a sector is a subdivision of a track on a magnetic disk or optical disc.

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Fdformat

Fdformat is the name of two unrelated programs, both performing "low-level format" of floppy disks. Distribution Media Format and Fdformat are floppy disk computer storage.

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File format

A file format is a standard way that information is encoded for storage in a computer file.

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Floppy disk

A floppy disk or floppy diskette (casually referred to as a floppy, a diskette, or a disk) is a type of disk storage composed of a thin and flexible disk of a magnetic storage medium in a square or nearly square plastic enclosure lined with a fabric that removes dust particles from the spinning disk. Distribution Media Format and floppy disk are floppy disk computer storage.

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HDCopy

HDCopy is a disk image application for floppy disks that runs in MS-DOS.

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IBM Extended Density Format

The IBM eXtended Density Format (XDF) is a way of superformatting standard high-density 3½-inch and 5¼-inch floppy disks to larger-than-standard capacities. Distribution Media Format and IBM Extended Density Format are floppy disk computer storage.

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Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington.

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Microsoft Knowledge Base

Microsoft Knowledge Base (MSKB) was a website repository of over 150,000 articles made available to the public by Microsoft Corporation for technical support.

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Sams Publishing

Sams Publishing (originally Howard W. Sams & Co.) is an imprint for technical training manuals owned by the global education company Pearson plc.

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Software

Software consists of computer programs that instruct the execution of a computer.

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Virtual PC

Virtual PC is a discontinued x86 emulator for PowerPC Mac hosts and a hypervisor for Microsoft Windows hosts.

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2M (DOS)

2M is a DOS program by the Spanish programmer Ciriaco García de Celis.

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See also

Floppy disk computer storage

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distribution_Media_Format