Wait functions, in both Windows and Linux, suspend the execution of the current process until it completes, but in Windows there is an option to exit by specifying a time value.

在 Windows 和 Linux 中，等待函数 会挂起当前进程的执行，直到它完成等待，不过，在 Windows 中可以选择在指定的时间后退出。

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The PC and laptop business has been a race to the bottom for a long time now, and Windows OEMs such as Dell and HP are seeing their profits from Windows PCs and laptops decline.

PC和笔记本电脑产业已经有一段时间捉衿见肘了。 Windows OEM如戴尔和惠普等眼看自己的盈利之路已随Windows PC和笔记本电脑销量下滑黯淡下去。

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This isn't to say that Windows 7 will face problems with peripherals. Microsoft still has plenty of time to work with peripheral manufacturers before Windows 7 ships.

这样说也并非意味着Windows 7将会面临Vista一般的硬件和外围设备问题，况且微软还有足够的时间在Windows 7发布之前解决这些问题。

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"Astronauts who are accustomed to views that you and I cannot really describe were moved to tears when they looked out the windows of the cupola for the first time tonight."

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It used to be the case-- I forget how long drive-in windows have been around, certainly as long as you guys can remember-- but there was a time when drive-in windows didn't exist.

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But, Microsoft took its time with the transition from Windows Mobile to Windows Phone, and by the time Windows Phone launched most of the potential customers had already chosen sides and invested in either the iOS or Android ecosystem.

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More than 1.5 billion devices used Windows 7 and earlier versions of the system at the time of Windows 8's launch, making the OS both the most popular of its kind and one of the company's key sources of revenue.

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And the Windows run time (what the RT stands for) sounds closer to Windows 8 than iOS is to Mac OS X.

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