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Solely means only, simply or merely.

STARTLING is a required 9 letter English word is still a word each time you remove a letter from the word. And how it is shown below: 

1. Remove the L, and the word becomes: STARTING

2. Remove one T, and the word becomes: STARING

3. Remove the A, and the word becomes: STRING

4. Remove the R, and the word becomes: STING

5. Remove the other T, and the word becomes: SING

6. Remove the G, and the word becomes: SIN

7. Remove the S, and the word becomes: IN

8. Remove the N, and the word becomes: I

The Mount protocol returns a file handle and the name of the file system in which a requested file resides. The message is sent to the client from the server after reception of a client's request.

An operating system has three main functions:

(1) manage the computer's resources, such as the central processing unit, memory, disk drives, and printers,

(2) establish a user interface, and

(3) execute and provide services for applications software.

In the atom bomb, isotopes of uranium are  disintegrated with the release of a large amount of energy. Hence, the process is nuclear fission.