DDK Glossary - F: Difference between revisions

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Far call: Code that calls from one segment into another segment.
fillet: An arc that is tangential to the end points of two adjacent lines. See also polyfillet.
filter adapter device driver: A special class of adapter device drivers that do not manage the hardware directly, but monitor the stream of commands between a device manager and an adapter device driver. See Device Manager and adapter device driver.
first-party DMA adapter: See bus master adapter.
flag: A characteristic of a file or directory that enables it to be used in certain ways. See also archive flag, hidden flag, and read-only flag.
flat address: See linear address.
frame styles: Standard window layouts provided by the Presentation Manager.
freeze and thaw services: Functions that prevent a DOS session from executing (VDHFreezeVDM) until the matching thaw function (VDHThawVDM) is called. The freeze occurs when the specified DOS session leaves kernel mode.

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 ;filter adapter device driver:A special class of adapter device drivers that do not manage the hardware directly, but monitor the stream of commands between a device manager and an adapter device driver. See ''Device Manager'' and ''adapter device driver''.
 ;first-party DMA adapter:See ''bus master adapter''.
-;flag:A characteristic of a file or directory that enables it to be used in certain ways. See also archive flag, hidden flag, and read-only flag.
+;flag:A characteristic of a file or directory that enables it to be used in certain ways. See also ''[[archive flag]]'', hidden flag, and read-only flag.
 ;flat address:See ''linear address''.
 ;frame styles:Standard window layouts provided by the Presentation Manager.