Attribute - Definition
An Attribute pertains to the individual files on your computer and is information that indicates whether a file is read-only, hidden, ready for archiving (backing up), compressed, or encrypted, and whether the file contents should be indexed for fast file searching. In a word processing application, an Attribute is considered to be a characteristic. For instance, an underlined word would be said to have the underline attribute and a slanted character would have the italics attribute. In database systems, a field can have various attributes. If a field contains numeric data, it is considered to have the numeric attribute.
Top Reasons To Wipe Away Your Internet History
- Information about all the sites you have visited is stored on your computer!
- Every image you have ever viewed, sent or received over the Internet is stored on your hard drive!
- There is a record of every program that you have ever downloaded or used on your hard drive!
- The windows delete button and the empty recycle bin option does NOT completely delete your files!
- Cleaning your History Files improves the speed of your computer and frees valuable disk space!
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