Away mode is a new feature included in Update Rollup 2 for Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 that allows the computer to appear off to the user while it continues to perform tasks that do not require user input, such as recording television and viewing Media Center Extender sessions.
parosteal. Definitions: 1. Relating to the tissues immediately adjacent to the periosteum of a bone. The definition information for parosteal is provided by Stedman's.
- Discussion: - parosteal osteosarcoma is a low-grade malignant bone tumor that usually occurs on the surface of the metaphysis of long bones; - arises between cortex and muscle as a low grade stage I-A surface tumor (ie does not initially invade underlying medullary canal);