|.TERM|Q-bit
|.ACR|
   |.DEFIN|1|In X.25 communications, the bit in a data packet that can be set
by the sending DTE to qualify the user data in some way that is meaningful to
the receiving DTE.
      |.XREF|
      |.BOOK|
      |.TOPIC|
|.TERM|qdaemon
|.ACR|
   |.DEFIN|1|See \s12\f(HBqueue daemon.\s12\fH
      |.XREF|
      |.BOOK|
      |.TOPIC|
|.TERM|QID
|.ACR|
   |.DEFIN|1|Queue identifier.
      |.XREF|
      |.BOOK|
      |.TOPIC|
|.TERM|qualified name
|.ACR|
   |.DEFIN|1|A name made unique by the addition of one or more qualifiers.
      |.XREF|
      |.BOOK|
      |.TOPIC|
   |.DEFIN|2|A data name explicitly accompanied by a specification of the
class to which it belongs in a specified classification system.
      |.XREF|
      |.BOOK|
      |.TOPIC|
|.TERM|qualifier
|.ACR|
   |.DEFIN|1|A unique name used to identify another name.
      |.XREF|
      |.BOOK|
      |.TOPIC|
   |.DEFIN|2|A modifier that makes a name unique.
      |.XREF|
      |.BOOK|
      |.TOPIC|
   |.DEFIN|3|All names in a qualified name other than the rightmost, which is
called the simple name.
      |.XREF|
      |.BOOK|
      |.TOPIC|
|.TERM|qualifier bit
|.ACR|
   |.DEFIN|1|*
      |.XREF|Q\(LI-bit
      |.BOOK|
      |.TOPIC|
|.TERM|quality of service negotiation
|.ACR|
   |.DEFIN|1|An optional CCITT-specified facility.
      |.XREF|
      |.BOOK|
      |.TOPIC|
|.TERM|quantization
|.ACR|
   |.DEFIN|1|The subdivision of the range of values of a variable into a
finite number of non-overlapping, but not necessarily equal intervals. Each
interval is represented by an assigned value.
      |.XREF|
      |.BOOK|
      |.TOPIC|
|.TERM|quantum
|.ACR|
   |.DEFIN|1|A subrange in quantization.
      |.XREF|
      |.BOOK|
      |.TOPIC|
|.TERM|query
|.ACR|
   |.DEFIN|1|The action of searching data for desired information.
      |.XREF|
      |.BOOK|
      |.TOPIC|
   |.DEFIN|2|In data communications, the process by which a master station
asks a slave station to identify itself and to give its status.
      |.XREF|
      |.BOOK|
      |.TOPIC|
   |.DEFIN|3|In interactive systems, an operation at a terminal that elicits
a response from the system.
      |.XREF|
      |.BOOK|
      |.TOPIC|
   |.DEFIN|4|A request for information from a file based on specific
conditions.
      |.XREF|
      |.BOOK|
      |.TOPIC|
|.TERM|QuestionDialog
|.ACR|
   |.DEFIN|1|A DialogBox that asks the user to answer a question.
      |.XREF|
      |.BOOK|MotifUsersGd
      |.TOPIC|
|.TERM|queue
|.ACR|
   |.DEFIN|1|A line or list formed by items waiting to be processed.
      |.XREF|
      |.BOOK|OSUsersGd
      |.BOOK|OSAdminGd
      |.TOPIC|
   |.DEFIN|2|To form or arrange in a queue.
      |.XREF|
      |.BOOK|
      |.TOPIC|
|.TERM|queue daemon
|.ACR|
   |.DEFIN|1|The daemon process that maintains a list of outstanding jobs and
sends them to the specified device at the appropriate time.
      |.XREF|
      |.BOOK|
      |.TOPIC|
|.TERM|queue element
|.ACR|
   |.DEFIN|1|A block of data or an item in a queue.
      |.XREF|
      |.BOOK|
      |.TOPIC|
|.TERM|queued message
|.ACR|
   |.DEFIN|1|A system message that is added to a list of messages stored in a
file for user viewing at a later time. Background processes usually produce
queued messages. Programs interacting directly with users typically send
messages to the screen for immediate user viewing. Contrast with
\s12\f(HIimmediate message\s12\fH.
      |.XREF|
      |.BOOK|
      |.TOPIC|
|.TERM|quick transfer
|.ACR|
     |.DEFIN|1|A transfer mechanism where selected data is immediately
transferred to the destination.
          |.XREF|
          |.BOOK|MotifStyleGd
          |.TOPIC|
|.TERM|quit
|.ACR|
   |.DEFIN|1|A key, command, or action that tells the system to return to a
previous state or stop a process.
      |.XREF|
      |.BOOK|
      |.TOPIC|
|.TERM|quote
|.ACR|
   |.DEFIN|1|To mask the special meaning of certain characters, causing them
to be taken literally.
      |.XREF|
      |.BOOK|OSUsersGd
      |.TOPIC|
|.TERM|QWERTY keyboard
|.ACR|
   |.DEFIN|1|A keyboard in which the keys in the second-from-top row are
labeled (from left to right): Q, W, E, R, T, Y, U, I, O, and P.
      |.XREF|AZERTY keyboard
      |.BOOK|
      |.TOPIC|
|.TERM|quorum
|.ACR|
   |.DEFIN|1|A majority, or quorum, of physical volumes must contain
identical descriptor information to guarantee that the Logical Volume
Manager is operating with accurate descriptor and status area information.
      |.XREF|Logical Volume Manager
      |.XREF|Physical Volume
      |.BOOK|DesignofOS
      |.TOPIC|
