ABSTRACT

An avalanche of acronyms, terms-of-art, buzz words, and short-hand phraseology confronts today's busy communications professionals. Now in its 3rd edition, Tech Terms is an invaluable learning tool to help grasp key aspects of the television and video, PC hardware and software markets, multimedia authoring tools, and the exploding wireless Internet and mobile telecomputing worlds. With more than 1000 terms described in four sentences or less, Tech Terms is perfect the perfect desk reference.

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A

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AAC (Advanced Audio Coding)

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AAF (Advanced Authoring Format)

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A&B Signaling

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ABR (Available Bit Rate)

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A/B Roll

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A/B Switch

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AC (Alternating Current)

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Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)

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Acceptable Use Policy (See AUP.) Access Code

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Accessible Content

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Access Node

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Account

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ACD (See Automatic Call Distributor.) Acrobat

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AC-3 (Audio Codec 3)

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Actionscript

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Active Directory

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Active Matrix Display

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Active Server Pages (ASp)

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Active Video Lines

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Activex

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ACu (Automatic Calling Unit)

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A/D (Analog-to-Digital) Conversion

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Adapter Card

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Adaptive Discrete Cosine Transform (See ADCT.) Adaptive Routing

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ADC (Analog-to-Digital Converter)

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ADCT (Adaptive Discrete Cosine Transform) (See DCT.) Address

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Addressability

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Adjacent Channel Interference

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ADS (See Alternative Data Stream.) ADSL (Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line)

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Advanced Audio Coding (See AAC.) Advanced Authoring Format (See AAF.) Advanced Encryption Standard

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Advanced Intelligent Network (See AIN.) Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (See ARPANet.) Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) Standard (See ATSC Standard.) AES (See Advanced Encryption Standard.) Afterburner

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Agent

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AGP (See Accelerated Graphics Port.) AHRA (Audio Home Recording Act) of 1992

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AI (Artificial Intelligence)

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AIFF (Audio Interchange File Format)

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AIN (Advanced Intelligent Network)

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AJAX (Asynchronous Javascript and Xml)

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Algorithm

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Alias

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Aliasing

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ALICE (Artificial Linguistic Computer Entity)

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Aloha

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Alpha Channel

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Alphanumeric

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Alternate Routing

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Alternating Current (See AC.) Alternative Data Stream (ADS)

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Alt Key

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AM (Amplitude Modulation)

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AM Expanded Band

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AMAX

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Ambient Noise

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American Standard Code for Information Interchange (See ASCII.) Ampere

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Amplifier

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Amplitude Modulation (See AM.) Amplitude Shift Keying (ASK)

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Analog

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Analog-to-Digital (See A/D.) Analog-to-Digital Converter (See ADC.) Anamorphic DVD (Anamorphic Digital Video Device)

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ANI (Automatic Number Identification)

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Animated GIF (Graphics Image Format) File

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Anonymous FTP (Anonymous File Transfer Protocol)

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Anonymous Remailer

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Antenna Farm

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Antenna Gain

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Antialiasing

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Anti-Virus Software

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Apache Web Server

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APD (Avalanche Photodiode)

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API (Application Program Interface)

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APIPA (Automatic Private Ip Addressing)

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Apogee

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Apple

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Applet

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Appletalk

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Application

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Application Layer

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Application Program Interface (See API.) Application Server

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Application Service Provider

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Application Sharing

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Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (See ASIC.) Archive

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Arpanet (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network)

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Array

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Artifact

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Artificial Intelligence (See AI.) Artificial Linguistic Computer Entity (See ALICE.) ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange)

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ASIC (Application-Specific Integrated Circuit

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ASP (See Active Server Pages.) Aspect Ratio

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Asymmetrical

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Asymmetrical Compression

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Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (See ADSL.) Asynchronous Communication

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Asynchronous Javascript and Xml (See AJAX.) Asynchronous Transfer Mode (See ATM.) ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode)

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ATSC (Advanced Television Systems Committee)

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Atsc (Advanced Television Systems Committee) Standard

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Attachment

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Attenuation

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Attenuator

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Auction

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Audible Tone

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Audio Codec 3 (See AC-3.) Audio Home Recording Act (See AHRA.) Audio Interchange File Format (See AIFF.) Audio/Video Interleaved (See AVI.) Audio/Visual (See A/V.) Audit Trail

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AUP (Acceptable Use Policy)

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Authentication

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Authoring

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Automatic Call Distributor (ACD)

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Automatic Calling Unit (See ACU.) Automatic Number Identification (See ANI.) Automatic Private Ip Addressing (See APIPA.) Autoresponder

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Autosave

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AUX (Auxiliary)

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Auxiliary (See AUX.) A/V (Audio/Visual)

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Available Bit Rate (See ABR.) Avalanche Photodiode (See AP.) Avatar

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AVI (Audio Video Interleaved)

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Axis

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Azimuth

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B

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Baby Bell

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Back Channel

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Back Door

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Backbone Network

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Backhaul

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Backlighting

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Backplane

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Backward Compatibility

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Band

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Band-Pass Filter

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Bandwidth

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Banner Ad

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Barreling Distortion

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Baseband

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BASIC (Beginners All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code)

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Basic Input/Output System (See BIOS.) Basic Rate Interface (See BRI.) Basic Trading Area (BTA)

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Baud Rate

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Bayesian Filtering

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BCC (Blind Carbon Copy)

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BCD (Binary Coded Decimal)

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B-Channel (Bearer Channel)

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Beam Splitter

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Bellcore (Bell Communications Research)

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Bell Laboratories

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Benchmark

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BER (Bit Error Rate)

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Bearer Channel (See B-Channel.) Beginners All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code (See BASIC.) Betacam SP

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Beta Test

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Bezel

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Binary

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Binary Coded Decimal (See BCD.) Binary Hexadecimal (See BINHEX.) Binary Numbering

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Binary Phase-Shift Keying (See BPSK.) BINHEX (Binary Hexadecimal)

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Biometrics

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BIOS (Basic Input/Output System)

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Bird

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Bird Time

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Bit

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Bit Density

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Bit Error Rate (See Ber.) Bit-Energy–to–noise-Density Ratio (See Eb/No.) Bitmap

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Bits per Second (See bps.) Bit Stream

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Bittorrent

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Blackberry

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Black Box

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Black Burst

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Blanking Intervals (Horizontal and Vertical)

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Bloatware

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Block

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Blog

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Blowfish

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Blu-Ray

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Blue Screen

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Bluetooth

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BMP (Bitmap) Graphics File Format

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BNC Connector

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Board

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Bookmarks/Favorites

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Boolean Search

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Boot (or Boot-Up)

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Bot

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Bottleneck

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Bozo Filter

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Bps (Bits per Second)

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BPSK (Binary Phase-Shift Keying)

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BRI (Basic Rate Interface)

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Bridge

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Bridge Amplifier

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Brightness

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Broadband

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Broadband Wireless Access

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Broadcast

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Broadcast Flag

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Broadcast Quality

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Broadcast Satellite Service (See BSS.) Brouter

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Browser

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BSS (Broadcast Satellite Service)

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BTA (See Basic Trading Area.) Buffer

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Buffer Overflow

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Buffer Underrun

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Bundle

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Bundling

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Burn

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Burst

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Bursty Data

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Bus

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Byte

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C

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C Programming Language

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C++ Programming Language

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C# Programming Language

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CA (See Certification Authority.) Cable Broadband

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Cable Modem

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Cable Modem Termination System (See CMTS.) Cable Radio

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Cable Television

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Cache

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CAD/CAM (Computer-Aided Design/Computer-Aided Manufacture)

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Caller ID

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Call Tree

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Camcorder

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Campus Area Network (See CAN.) CAN (Campus Area Network)

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CAP (Competitive Access Provider)

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Capacitance

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Capacitor

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Capacity

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CAP Code

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Card

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Carnivore

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Carrier

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Carrier-to-Interference (C/I) Ratio (See C/I (Carrier-to-Interference) Ratio.) Carrier-to-Noise (C/N) Ratio (See C/N (Carrier-to-Noise) Ratio.) Carrier Wave

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Cascading Style Sheets (See CSS.) Case Sensitive

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CAT5

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Cathode Ray Tube (CRt)

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CAT6

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CATV (Community Antenna Television)

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C-Band

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CBR (Constant Bit Rate)

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CC (Closed Captioning)

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CCD (Charge-Coupled Device)

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CD (Compact Disc)

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CD (Compact Disc) Quality

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CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access)

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CDPD (Cellular Digital Packet Data)

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CD-R/CDR (Compact Disc, Recordable)

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CD-ROM (Compact Disc, Read-Only Memory)

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CD-RW (Compact Disc, Rewritable)

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CDV (Compressed Digital Video)

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Cell

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Cellular Digital Packet Data (See CDPD.) Cellular Telephone

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Censorware

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Central Office (CO)

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Central Processing Unit (See CPU.) Certification Authority (CA)

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CG (Character Generator)

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CGI (See Common Gateway Interface.) Challenge/Response

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Channel

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Channel Bonding

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Channel Service Unit (See CSU.) Character Generator (See CG.) Character Oriented

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Charge-Coupled Device (See CCD.) Chat

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Chat Room

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Checksum

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Children's Internet Protection Act (See CIPA.) Chip

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Chipset

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Chroma Key

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Chrominance

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Churn

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C/I (Carrier-to-Interference) Ratio

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CIF (Common Intermediate Format)

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CIFS (Common Internet File System)

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CIM (Computer-Integrated Manufacturing)

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CIPA (Children's Internet Protection Act)

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Cipher Text

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Circuit

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Circuit Switching

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Cladding

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Clarke Belt

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CLASS (Custom Local Area Signaling Service)

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Clean Room

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Clear Channel

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Click-and-Mortar

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Click-Through Rate

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Client/Server (CS)

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Cliff Effect

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Clipboard

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Cloaking

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Clock/Clock Speed

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Closed Captioning (CC)

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Closed System

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CMC (See Computer-Mediated Communication.) CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor)

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CMRS (Commercial Mobile Radio Service)

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CMTS (Cable Modem Termination System)

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CMYK (Cyan-Magenta-Yellow-Key)

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CMS (See Content Management System.) C/N (Carrier-to-Noise) Ratio

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CO (See Central Office.) Coarse Wave Division Multiplexing (See Cwdm.) Coax (Coaxial) Cable

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COBOL (Common Business Oriented Language)

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Code

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CODEC (Coder/Decoder)

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Code Division Multiple Access (See CDMA.) Coded Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (See COFDM.) Coder/Decoder (See CODEC.) COFDM (Coded Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing)

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Coldfusion

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Cold Site

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Collision

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Color (See RGB.) Color Burst

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Color Subsampling (See 4:2:2.) Comma Delimited

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Command Prompt

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Comma-Separated Value (See CSV.) Commerce Xml (See cXML.) Commercial Mobile Radio Service (See CMRS.) Common Business Oriented Language (See COBOL.) Common Carrier

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Common Gateway Interface (CGI)

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Common Intermediate Format (See CIF.) Common Internet File System (See CIFS.) Common Object Request Broker Architecture (See CORBA.) Community Antenna Television (See CATV.) Compact Disc (See CD.) Compact Disc, Read-Only Memory (See CD-ROM.) Compact Disc, Recordable (See CD-r/CDR.) Compact Disc Rewritable (See CD-RW.) Compactflash

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Competitive Access Provider (See CAP.) Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (See CMOS.) Component Video

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Composite Video (CV)

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Compressed Digital Video (See CDV.) Compressed Video

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Compression

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Compression Algorithm

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Compulsory License

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Computer

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Computer-Aided Design/Computer-Aided Manufacture (See CAD/CAM.) Computer Graphics

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Computer-Integrated Manufacturing (See CIM.) Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC)

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Computer Telephony Integration (See CTi.) Concentrator

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Conditioning

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Conductivity

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Connection

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Connectionless Network

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Constant Bit Rate (See CBR.) Contact Manager

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Content Management System (CMS)

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Content Provider

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Context Sensitive

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Contextual Advertising

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Control (Ctrl) Key

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Controller

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CONUS

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Convergence

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Converging

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Coordinated Universal Time (See UTC.) Cookie

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Co-Processor

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Copyleft

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Copy Protection

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CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture)

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Core

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CPE (Customer Premises Equipment)

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CPU (Central Processing Unit)

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Crawl

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Creative Commons Licensing

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CRM (Customer Relationship Management)

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Cross Connect

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Cross Platform

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Cross-Site Scripting (See Xss.) Crosstalk

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CRT (See Cathode Ray Tube.) CS (See Client/Server.) C7standard

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CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)

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CSU (Channel Service Unit)

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CSV (Comma-Separated Value; See Comma-Delimited.) CTI (Computer Telephony Integration)

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Ctrl (Control) Key (See Control (Ctrl) Key.) Current (Electrical)

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Custom Local Area Signaling Service (See CLASS.) Customer Premises Equipment (See CPE.) Customer Relationship Management (See CRM.) CV (Composite Video)

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CWDM (Coarse Wave Division Multiplexing)

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cXML (Commerce Xml)

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Cyan-Magenta-Yellow-Key (See CMYK.) Cyberspace

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Cybersquatting

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Cycles per Second

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D

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D/A (Digital-to-Analog) Conversion

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DAC (Digital-to-Analog Converter/Conversion) (See D/A.) Daisychain

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DAM (Digital Asset Management)

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Dark Fiber

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DAT (Digital Audiotape)

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Data

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Database

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Database Server

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Data Broadcasting

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Datacasting

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Data-Circuit-Terminating Equipment (See DCE.) Data Communications (See Data.) Data Encryption Standard (See DES.) Data Glove

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Data Link

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Data Mining

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Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (See DOCSIS.) Data Packet

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Data Rate

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Data Stream

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Datasuit

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Data Terminal Equipment (See DTE.) Data Vaulting

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Data Warehousing

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Daughterboard

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dB (Decibel)

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DBS (Direct Broadcast Satellite)

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DC (Direct Current)

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DCE (Data Circuit-Terminating Equipment)

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DCt (Discrete Cosine Transform)

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Debugging

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Decibel (See dB.) Decoder

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Decryption

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Decryption Content Scrambling System (See DeCSS.) DeCSS (Decryption Content Scrambling System)

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Dedicated Line

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Defrag (Defragment)

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Defragment (See Defrag.) Delta Modulation (See DM.) Delta Yuv (See DYuv.) Demarc (Demarcation) Point (See Demarcation (Demarc) Point.) Demarcation (Demarc) Point

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Demodulation

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Demultiplexing (Demux)

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Demux (See Demultiplexing.) Denial-of-Service (Dos) Attack (See Dos (Denial of Service) Attack.) Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM)

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Deregulation

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Des (Data Encryption Standard)

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Descriptive Video Service (See DVS.) Designated Market Area (See DMA.) Desktop Publishing (DTP)

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Desktop Videoconferencing

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Device Manager

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Deutsches Institut Für Normung (See DIN.) Dictionary Attack

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Differential Phase-Shift Keying (See DPSK.) Differential Pulse Code Modulation (See DPCM.) Differential Quaternary Phase-Shift Keying(4 Psk) (See DQPSK.) Digital

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Digital Asset Management (See DAM.) Digital Audiotape (See DAT.) Digital Betacam

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Digital Cable

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Digital Camera

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Digital Certificate (Digital ID)

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Digital Copyright

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Digital8

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Digital ID (See Digital Certificate.) Digital Ink

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Digital Light Processing (See DLP.) Digital Media

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Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)

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Digital Object Identifier (See DOI.) Digital Radio

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Digital Rights Management (See DRM.) Digital Satellite System (See DSS.) Digital Service Unit (See DSU.) Digital Signaling, Zero Level (See DS-0.) Digital Signal Processing (See DSP.) Digital Signature

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Digital Subscriber Line (See DSL.) Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (See Dslam.) Digital Television (See DTV.) Digital-to-Analog (D/A) Conversion (See D/A Conversion.) Digital-to-Analog Converter (Conversion) (See DAC.) Digital Transmission Content Protection Over Internet Protocol (See DTCP-IP.) Digital Versatile Disk (See DVD.) Digital Video (See DV.) Digital Video Broadcasting (See DVB.) Digital Video Disk (See DVD.) Digital Video Express (See DivX.) Digital Video Recorder (See DVR.) Digital Watermark

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Digitization (See Digitizing.) Digitizing (Digitization)

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DIN (Deutsches Institut Für Normung)

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Diode

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DIP Switch

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Direct Broadcast Satellite (See DBS.) Direct Current (See DC.) Directdraw

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Directional Antenna

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Direct-Sequence Spread Spectrum (See DSSS.) Direct-to-Home (See DTH.) Directv (See Dbs, Dss, and DTH.) Disaster Recovery Plan (See DRP.) Disc

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Discontinuity

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Discrete

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Discrete Cosine Transform (See DCT.) Dish

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Disintermediation

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Disk

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Disk Cache

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Disk Operating System (See DOs.) Display

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Dissolve

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Distance Learning

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Distortion

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Distributed System

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DivX (Digital Video Express)

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DLL (Dynamic Link Library)

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DLP (Digital Light Processing)

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DM (Delta Modulation)

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DMA (Designated Market Area)

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DMCA (See Digital Millennium Copyright Act.) DNS [Domain Name (Server, Service, System)]

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Docking Station

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DoCoMo

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DOCSIS (Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification)

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Document Object Model (See DOM.) Document Type Definition (See DTD.) DOI (Digital Object Identifier)

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Dolby

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DOM (Document Object Model)

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Domain Name

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Domain Name Hijacking

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Domain Name System/Service/Server (See DNS.) Dongle

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DoS (Denial-of-Service) Attack

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DOS (Disk Operating System)

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Dot.com

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Dot Pitch

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Downconverter

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Downlink

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Download

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Downstream

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Downtime

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DPCM (Differential Pulse Code Modulation) (See PCM.) DPSK (Differential Phase-Shift Keying)

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DQPSK [Differential Quaternary Phase-Shift Keying (4 PSK)]

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Drag and Drop

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DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory)

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Drill-Down

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Driver

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DRM (Digital Rights Management)

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Drop

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Dropper

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DRP (Disaster Recovery Plan)

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DSL (Digital Subscriber Line)

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DSLAM (Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer)

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DSP (Digital Signal Processing)

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DSS (Digital Satellite System)

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DSSS (Direct-Sequence Spread Spectrum)

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DSU (Digital Service Unit)

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DS-0 (Digital Signaling, Zero Level)

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DTCP-IP (Digital Transmission Content Protection Over Internet Protocol)

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DTD (Document Type Definition)

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DTE (Data Terminal Equipment)

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DTH (Direct to Home)

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DTP (See Desktop Publishing.) DTv (Digital Television)

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Dubbing

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Dumb Terminal

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Duplex Communication (See Full Duplex and Simplex.) DV (Digital Video)

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DVB (Digital Video Broadcasting)

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DVD (Digital Versatile Disc)

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DVD-RW (Digital Versatile Disc, Recordable/Writeable) (See Dvd.) Dvorak Keyboard

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DVR (Digital Video Recorder)

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DVs (Descriptive Video Service)

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DWDM (Dense Wave Division Multiplexing)

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Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation

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Dynamic Link Library (See DLL.) Dynamic Random Access Memory (See DRAM.) Dynamic Range

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DYUV [Delta Luminance (Y) and Chrominance (UV)]

letter 5|12 pages

E

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Earth Station

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EAS (Emergency Alert System)

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Eb/No (Bit-Energy–to–noise-Density) Ratio

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EBPP (Electronic Bill Presentment and Payment)

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E-Business (Electronic Business)

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ebXML (Electronic Business Using Extensible Markup Language)

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E-Cash (Electronic Cash)

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ECD (European Copyright Directive)

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E-Commerce (Electronic Commerce)

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EDAC (Error Detection and Correction)

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EDI (Electronic Data Interchange)

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Edit Decision List (See Edl.) EDL (Edit Decision List)

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EDTV (Enhanced Definition Television)

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Educational Television (See ETV.) EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation)

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Effective Isotropic Radiated Power (See EIRP.) EFS (Encrypting File System)

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Egress

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Egress Traffic

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EFS (Error-Free Seconds)

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EHF (Extremely High Frequency)

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EIA Interface

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EIDE (Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics)

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EIRP (Effective Isotropic Radiated Power)

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Electromagnetic Interference (See EMI.) Electromagnetic Pulse (See EMP.) Electromagnetic Spectrum

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Electronic Bill Presentment and Payment (See EBPP.) Electronic Business Using Extensible Markup Language (See ebXML.) Electronic Cash (See E-Cash.) Electronic Coupon

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Electronic Data Interchange (See EDI.) Electronic Frontier Foundation (See EFF.) Electronic Mail (See E-Mail.) Electronic News Gathering (See ENG.) Electronic Newsletter

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Electronic Organizer

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Electronic Paper

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Electronic Payment System

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Electronic Program Guide (See EPG.) Electronic Signatures Act (See ESA.) Electronic Switching System (See ESS.) Electronic Wallet

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ELF (Extremely Low Frequency)

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Elliptical Orbit

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E-Mail (Electronic Mail)

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E-Mail (Electronic Mail) Attachment

entry |1 pages

E-Mail (Electronic Mail) Spoofing

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Embedded System

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Emergency Alert System (See EAS.) EMI (Electromagnetic Interference)

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Emoticon

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EMP (Electromagnetic Pulse)

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Emulation

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Encapsulated Postscript (See EPS.) Encoding/Decoding

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Encrypted Container

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Encrypting File System (See EFS.) Encryption

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End-User License Agreement (See EULA.) ENG (Electronic News Gathering)

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Enhanced Definition Television (See EDTV.) Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics (See EIDE.) Enhanced 911 (See E911.) Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio (See ESMR.) E911 (Enhanced 911)

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Enterprise Resource Planning (See ERP.) Enterprise Systems Connection (See ESCON.) Enterprise-Wide

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EPG (Electronic Program Guide)

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EPS (Encapsulated Postscript)

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Equalizer

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Erase Head

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Ergonomics

entry |1 pages

Erlang

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ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)

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Error Correction

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Error Detection and Correction (See Edac.) Error-Free Seconds (See Efs.) Error Rate

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ESA (Electronic Signatures Act)

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Escape Character

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ESCON (Enterprise Systems Connection)

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ESMR (Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio)

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ESS (Electronic Switching System)

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Ethernet

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ETV (Educational Television)

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EULA (End-User License Agreement)

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Eureka (European Research Coordination Agency)

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Eureka-147

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European Copyright Directive (See ECD.) European Research Coordination Agency (See Eureka.) Exchange Server

entry |2 pages

Expansion Slot

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Expert System

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Extended Data Service (See XDS.) Extensible Business Reporting Language (See XBRL.) Extensible Markup Language (See XML.) Extensible Rights Markup Language (See XrML.) Extranet

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Extremely High Frequency (See EHF.) Extremely Low Frequency (See ELF.) E-Zine (Electronic Magazine)

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F

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Facility

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Facsimilie (See Fax.) Fader

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Failover

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FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)

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Fast Ethernet (See 100base T.) Fast Packet Switching

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FAT (File Allocation Table)

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Fault Tolerance

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Fax (Facsimile)

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Fax Modem

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Fax Over IP (See FoIP.) FCC (Federal Communications Commission)

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FDDI (Fiber Distributed Data Interface)

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FDDI 2

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FDMA (Frequency Division Multiple Access)

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FEC (Forward Error Correction)

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FED (Field Emission Display)

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Federal Communications Commission (See FCC.) Federal Information Processing Standards (See FIPS.) Feedback

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FEP (Front-End Processor)

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FHSS (Frequency-Hopping Spread Spectrum)

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Fiber Connection (See FICON.) Fiber Distributed Data Interface (See FDDI.) Fiber Distributed Data Interface 2 (See FDDI-2.) Fiber to the Curb (See FTTC.) Fiber to the Home (See FTTH.) Fiber Optics

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FICON (Fiber Connectivity)

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Field

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Field Emission Display (See FED.) Field Frequency (Field Rate)

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Field Rate (Frequency) (See Field Frequency.) FIFO (First in, First Out)

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File

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File Allocation Table (See FAT.) File Extension

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File Server

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File Sharing

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File Transfer Protocol (See FTP.) Filter

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FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards)

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Firefox

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Firewall

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Firewire

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Firmware

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First in, First Out First Sale Doctrine

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Fixed Satellite Service (See FSS.) Flag

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Flame

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Flash

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Flash Memory

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Flat-File Database

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Flat-Panel Display

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Flicker

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Floppy Disk

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Fly-Away

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FM (Frequency Modulation)

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FoIP (Fax Over IP)

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Footprint (Satellite)

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Forward Error Correction (See FEC.) Fourier Transform

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FPS (Frames Per Second)

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Fractal

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Frame

entry |1 pages

Frame Buffer

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Frame Grabber

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Frame Rate

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Frame Relay

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Frame Store (See Frame Buffer.) Frames Per Second (See fps.) FreeBSD

entry |1 pages

Freeware

entry |1 pages

Frequency

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Frequency Allocation

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Frequency Division Multiple Access (See FDMA.) Frequency Division Multiplexing (See FDM and FDMA.) Frequency Hopping

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Frequency-Hopping Spread Spectrum (See FHSS.) Frequency Modulation (See FM.) Frequency Response

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Frequency Reuse

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Frequency Shift Keying (See FSK.) Frequently Asked Question (See FAQ.) Front End Processor (See FEP.) FSK (Frequency Shift Keying)

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FSS (Fixed Satellite Service)

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FTP (File Transfer Protocol)

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FTTC (Fiber to the Curb)

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FTTH (Fiber to the Home)

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Full Duplex

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Fuzzy Logic

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G

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Gain

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Gateway

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Gb (See Gigabit.) GB (See Gigabyte.) Gbps (Gigabits Per Second)

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GCR (Ghost-Canceling Reference Signal)

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General Public License (See GPL.) General-Purpose Interface (See GPI.) Generation

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Geographic Information System (See GIS.) Geostationary Orbit

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Ghost Canceling Reference Signal (See GCR.) GHz (See Gigahertz.) GIF (Graphics Interface Format)

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Gigabit (Gb)

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Gigabit Ethernet

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Gigabit Point of Presence (See Gigapop.) Gigabits Per Second (See Gbps.) Gigabyte (GB)

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Gigahertz (GHz)

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Gigapop (Gigabit Point of Presence)

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GIS (Geographic Information System)

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G.Lite

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Global Positioning System (See GPS.) Global Systems for Mobile Communications (See GSM.) GMT (Greenwich Mean Time)

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Gnutella

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Google

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GPI (General-Purpose Interface)

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GPL (General Public License)

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GPS (Global Positioning System)

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Grade B Contour

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Grand Alliance

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Granularity

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Graphical User Interface (See GUI.) Graphics Adapter

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Graphics Interface Format (See GIF.) Greenwich Mean Time (See GMT.) Grid Computing

entry |1 pages

Ground (Grounding)

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Ground Wave (See GW.) Group 3 Protocol

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Groupware

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GSM (Global Systems for Mobile Communications)

entry |1 pages

GSO (Geostationary Orbit)

entry |1 pages

Guard Band

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GUI (Graphical User Interface)

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GW (Ground Wave)

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Gzip

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H

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HAAT (Height Above Average Terrain)

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Hacker

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Hammering

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Handheld

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Handset

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Handshaking

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Handwriting Recognition

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Haptics

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Hard Bounce

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Hard Drive (or Hard Disk)

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Hard Phone

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Hardware

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Harmonic Distortion

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Harmonics

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Hashing

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HASL (Height Above Mean Sea Level)

entry |1 pages

HAVI (Home Audio/Video Interoperability)

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HBI (Horizontal Blanking Interval)

entry |1 pages

HDC (High-Bandwidth Digital Content)

entry |1 pages

HDCP (High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection)

entry |1 pages

HD-DVD (High-Density Digital Versatile Disc)

entry |1 pages

HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface)

entry |1 pages

HD Radio

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HD-SDI (High-Definition Serial Digital Interface)

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HDSL (High-Bit-Rate Digital Subscriber Loop)

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HDTV (High-Definition Television)

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HDTV-Ready

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Head End

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Header

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Height Above Average Terrain (See HAAT.) Height Above Mean Sea Level (See HASL.) Hertz (Hz)

entry |1 pages

Hexadecimal

entry |1 pages

HF (High Frequency)

entry |1 pages

HFC [Hybrid Fiber Coax (Coaxial Cable)]

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High-Bandwidth Digital Content (See HDC.) High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection (See HDCP.) High-Bit-Rate Digital Subscriber Loop (See HDSL.) High-Definition (Hd) Radio (See HD Radio.) High-Definition Multimedia Interface (See HDMI.) High-Definition Serial Digital Interface (See HD-SDI.) High-Definition Television (See HDTV.) High-Density Digital Versatile Disc (See HD-DVD.) High Frequency (See HF.) High-Performance Computing

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High-Power Amplifier (See HPA.) Hit

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Home Audio/Video Interoperability (See HAVI.) Home Automation

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Home Page

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Honeypot

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Horizontal Blanking Interval (See HBI.) Host Computer

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Hosting

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Hot Site

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Hotspot

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Hot Swapping

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HPA (High-Power Amplifier)

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HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)

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HTTP (Hypertext Transport Protocol)

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HTTPd (HTTP Daemon)

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HTTP Daemon (See HTTPd.) HTTPS (Secure HTTP)

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Hub

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Hue

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Hybrid Fiber Coax (Coaxial Cable) (See HFC.) Hybrid Network

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Hypercard

entry |1 pages

Hyperlink/Link

entry |1 pages

Hypermedia

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Hypertext

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Hypertext Markup Language (See HTML.)

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I

entry |1 pages

IA (Intelligent Agent)

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IBOC (in-Band On-Channel)

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IC (Integrated Circuit)

entry |1 pages

ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers)

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ICF (Internet Connection Firewall)

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ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)

entry |1 pages

Icon

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ICQ

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ICS (Internet Connection Sharing)

entry |1 pages

ID (Identifier)

entry |1 pages

iLife Suite

entry |1 pages

IM (See Instant Messaging.) Imac

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Image Map

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Image Processing

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IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol)

entry |1 pages

Impedance (Z)

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IM Worm

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In-Band On-Channel (See IBOC.) In-Band Signaling

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Inclined Orbit

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Incremental Backup

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Indeo

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Indigo

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Industrial, Scientific, and Medical (See ISM.) Information Appliance

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Information Superhighway

entry |1 pages

Information Technology (See IT.) Infrared

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Infrastructure

entry |1 pages

Ingress Traffic

entry |1 pages

Initial Public Offering (IPO)

entry |1 pages

Inmarsat (International Maritime Satellite Organization)

entry |1 pages

Input/Output (See I/O.) Install/Uninstall

entry |1 pages

Instant Messaging (IM)

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Instructional Television Fixed Service (See ITFS.) Integrated Circuit (See IC.) Integrated HDTV

entry |2 pages

Integrated High-Definition Television (See Integrated HDTV.) Integrated Receiver/Decoder (See IRD.) Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting (See ISDB.) Integrated Services Digital Network (See ISDN.) Integrated Voice Data

entry |1 pages

Intellectual Property

entry |1 pages

Intelligent Agent (See IA.) Intelsat

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Interactive

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Interactive Television (ITV)

entry |1 pages

Interactive Voice Response (See IVR.) Interconnect

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Inter-Exchange (See IX.) Inter-Exchange Carrier (IXC)

entry |1 pages

Interface

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Interference

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Interlace Scanning

entry |1 pages

Inter-Lata

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Interleaving

entry |1 pages

Inter Local Access and Transport Area (See Inter-Lata.) International Maritime Satellite Organization (See Inmarsat.) International Telecommunication Union (See ITU.) International Standards Organization (ISO) Latin 1 (See ISO Latin 1.) International Standards Organization (ISO) 9001 (See ISO 9001.) Internet

entry |1 pages

Internet Address

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Internet Advertising

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Internet Appliance

entry |1 pages

Internet Connection Firewall (See ICF.) Internet Connection Sharing (See ICS.) Internet Control Message Protocol (See ICMP.) Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (See ICANN.) Internet Over Satellite (See IoS.) Internet Protocol (See IP.) Internet Service Provider (See ISP.) Internet Protocol (IP) Address (See IP Address.) Internet Protocol Security (See IPsec.) Internet Protocol (IP) Spoofing (See IP Spoofing.) Internet Protocol (IP) Telephony (See IP Telephony.) Internet Relay Chat (See IRC.) Internet Service Provider (See ISP.) Internet 2

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Interoperability

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Interrupt Request (See IRQ.) Intra-LATA (Intra Local Access and Transport Area)

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Intra Local Access and Transport Area (See Intra-Lata.) Intranet

entry |1 pages

I/O (Input/Output)

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IoS (Internet Over Satellite)

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IP (Internet Protocol)

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IP (Internet Protocol) Address

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IPO (See Initial Public Offering.) iPod

entry |1 pages

IPsec (IP Security)

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IP (Internet Protocol) Spoofing

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IP Telephony (See VoIP.) IRC (Internet Relay Chat)

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IRD (Integrated Receiver/Decoder)

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IRQ (Interrupt Request)

entry |1 pages

ISDB (Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting)

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ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network)

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ISM (Industrial, Scientific, and Medical)

entry |1 pages

ISO (International Standards Organization) 9001

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ISO (International Standards Organization)Latin 1

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Isosynchronous

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ISP (Internet Service Provider)

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IT (Information Technology)

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ITFS (Instructional Television Fixed Service)

entry |1 pages

ITU (International Telecommunication Union)

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ITV (See Interactive Television.) IVR (Interactive Voice Response)

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IX (See Interference.)

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J

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Jabber

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Jack

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Java

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Java Database Connectivity (See JDBC.) Javascript

entry |1 pages

JBoss

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JDBC (Java Database Connectivity)

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Jitter

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Jitter Buffer

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Joint Photographic Experts Group (See JPEG.) JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group)

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J#

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J2EE

entry |1 pages

Judder

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Jukebox

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K

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k (Kilo)

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Ka-Band

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KB (See Kilobyte.) kbps (Kilobits Per Second)

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Keying

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Key Length

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Key Logger

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kHz (See Kilohertz.) Kilo (See K.) kilobits Per Second (See kbps.) Kilobyte (KB)

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Kilohertz

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Kilowatt (kW)

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Kiosk

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Knowbot (See Bot.) Ku-Band

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L

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Lamport Text Description Language (See LaTeX.) LAN (Local Area Network)

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LAN Emulation

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Land Mobile Communications

entry |1 pages

Large-Scale Integration (See LSI.) Laser (Light Amplification by Stimulation of Emission of Radiation)

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LATA (Local Access and Transport Area)

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LaTeX

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Layer

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L-Band

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LCD (Liquid Crystal Display)

entry |1 pages

LCoS (Liquid Crystal On Silicon)

entry |1 pages

LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol)

entry |1 pages

Leased Line

entry |1 pages

LEC (Local Exchange Carrier)

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LED (Light-Emitting Diode)

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LEO (Low Earth Orbit)

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Letterboxing

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LF (Low Frequency)

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Light Amplification by Stimulation of Emission of Radiation (See Laser.) Light-Emitting Diode (See LED.) Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (See LDAP.) Lindows (See Linspire.) Line Doubling

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Line of Sight

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Line 21

entry |1 pages

Link

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Link Budget

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Link Farming

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Linspire (Lindows)

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Linux

entry |1 pages

Liquid Crystal Display (See LCD.) Liquid Crystal On Silicon (See LCoS.) Listserv

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Lithium-ion Battery

entry |1 pages

LMDS (Local Multipoint Distribution System)

entry |1 pages

Load

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Local Access and Transport Area (See LATA.) Local Area Network (See LAN.) Local Exchange Carrier (See LEC.) Local into Local

entry |1 pages

Local Loop

entry |1 pages

Local Multipoint Distribution System (See LMDS.) Log-in/Log-On

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Log-Off/Log-Out

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Longhorn

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Longley-Rice

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Loopback

entry |1 pages

Loss

entry |1 pages

Lossless Compression

entry |1 pages

Lossy Compression

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Low Earth Orbit (See LEO.) Low Frequency (See LF.) Low-Power Fm (See LPFM.) Low-Power Television (See LPTV.) LPFM (Low-Power FM)

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LPTV (Low-Power Television)

entry |1 pages

LSI (Large-Scale Integration)

entry |1 pages

Luma (See Yo.) Luma/Chrominance (Yo/C) Video (See Yo/C Video.) Luminance (Y)

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Lurker

entry |1 pages

Lynx

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M

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MAC (Media Access Control) Address

entry |1 pages

Machine Language

entry |1 pages

Macintosh

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Macro

entry |1 pages

Magnetic Storage

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Mailing List

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Mail Relay

entry |1 pages

Main Distribution Frame (See MDF.) Mainframe Computer

entry |1 pages

Majordomo

entry |1 pages

Major Trading Area (MTA)

entry |1 pages

Malware

entry |2 pages

Mambo

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MAN (Metropolitan Area Network)

entry |1 pages

MAPI (Messaging Application Programming Interface)

entry |1 pages

Mapping

entry |1 pages

Mark-Up Language

entry |1 pages

Mask

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Masking-Pattern Adapted Universal Sub-Band Integrated Coding and Multiplexing (See MUSICAM.) Master

entry |1 pages

Master Antenna Television (See MATV.) Matrix

entry |1 pages

MATV (Master Antenna Television)

entry |1 pages

Mb (See Megabit.) MB (See Megabyte.) MCU (Multipoint Control Unit)

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MD (Mini Disc)

entry |1 pages

MDF (Main Distribution Frame)

entry |1 pages

Media Access Control (MAC) Address (See MAC Address.) Media Gateway Control Protocol (See MGCP.) Medium

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Medium Frequency (See MF.) Megabit (Mb)

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Megabyte (MB)

entry |1 pages

Memory

entry |1 pages

Memory Key

entry |1 pages

Messaging Application Programming Interface (See MAPI.) Metadata

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Meta-Searcher

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Meta-Tag

entry |1 pages

Metcalfe's Law

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Metropolitan Area Network (See MAN.) Metropolitan Statistical Area (See MSA.) MF (Medium Frequency)

entry |1 pages

MFJ (Modified Final Judgment)

entry |1 pages

MFP (Multifunction Peripheral, Multifunction Printer)

entry |1 pages

MGCP (Media Gateway Control Protocol)

entry |1 pages

Microchip

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Microcomputer

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Microdisplay

entry |1 pages

Micron (Micrometer)

entry |1 pages

Micrometer (See Micron.) Microprocessor

entry |1 pages

Microsoft DOS (See MS-DOS.) Microsoft Passport

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Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition

entry |1 pages

Microwave

entry |1 pages

Middleware

entry |1 pages

MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface)

entry |1 pages

Million Instructions Per Second (See MIPS.) MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension)

entry |1 pages

Mini Disc (See MD.) MIPS (Million Instructions Per Second)

entry |1 pages

Mirror

entry |1 pages

MJPEG (Motion JPEG)

entry |1 pages

MMDS (Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service)

entry |1 pages

Mobile Satellite Service (See MSs.) Modem (Modulator/Demodulator)

entry |1 pages

Modified Final Judgment (See MFJ.) Modulation

entry |1 pages

Modulator/Demodulator (See Modem.) Monitor

entry |1 pages

Moore's Law

entry |2 pages

Morphing

entry |1 pages

Mosaic

entry |1 pages

Motherboard

entry |1 pages

Motion-Capture Bodysuit

entry |1 pages

Motion JPEG (See MJPEG.) Moving Picture Experts Group (See MPEG.) Moving Picture Experts Group 21 (See MPEG-21.) Mozilla

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MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group)

entry |1 pages

MPEG-1, Audio Layer 3 (See MP3.) MPEG-21 (Moving Picture Experts Group 21)

entry |1 pages

MP3(MPEG-1, Audio Layer 3)

entry |1 pages

MSA (Metropolitan Statistical Area)

entry |1 pages

MS-DOS (Microsoft Dos)

entry |1 pages

MSO (Multiple System Operator)

entry |2 pages

MSS (Mobile Satellite Service)

entry |1 pages

MTS (Multichannel Television Sound)

entry |1 pages

MTS (See Multichannel Television Sound.) MUD (Multi-User Dungeon, Multi-User Dimension)

entry |1 pages

Multicasting

entry |1 pages

Multichannel

entry |1 pages

Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service (See MMDS.) Multichannel Television Sound (See MTS.) Multifunction Peripheral, Multifunction Printer (See MFP.) Multimedia

entry |1 pages

Multimedia Server

entry |1 pages

Multimode Fiber

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Multiple System Operator (See MSO.) Multiplexer (See MUX.) Multiplexing

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Multipoint Control Unit (See MCU.) Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (See MIME.) Multi-Sync Monitor

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Multitasking

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Multi-User Dungeon, Multi-User Dimension (See MUD.) Musical Instrument Digital Interface (See MIDI.) MUSICAM (Masking-Pattern Adapted Universal Sub-Band Integrated Coding and Multiplexing)

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Must-Carry

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MUX (Multiplexer)

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MySQL

letter 14|8 pages

N

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Nano

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Nanosat

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Nanosecond

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Nanotechnology

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NAPLPS [North American Presentation Level Protocol Standard (or Syntax)]

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Napster

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Narrowband

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NAT (Network Address Translation)

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National Radio Systems Committee (See NRSC.) National Television System Committee (See NTSC.) Natural Language

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Nc (See Network Computer.) Near Video On Demand (See NVOD.) Near-Instantaneous Companding Audio Multiplex (See NICAM.) Nest

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.NET

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Netiquette

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Netmeeting

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Netscape

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Netware

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Network

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Network Address Translation (See NAT.) Network Computer (NC)

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Network File System (NFS)

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Network Interface

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Network Interface Card (See NIC.) Network Layer

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Network Server

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Neural Network

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Newsgroup

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Next-Generation Internet (NGi)

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Next-Generation Secure Computing Base (See NGSCB.) NFS (See Network File System.) NGI (See Next-Generation Internet.) NGSCB (Next Generation Secure Computing Base)

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NIC (Network Interface Card)

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NiCad (Nickel-Cadmium)

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NICAM (Near-Instantaneous Companding Audio Multiplex)

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Nickel Cadmium (See NiCad.) Nickel-Metal-Hybrid (NiMH) Battery (See NiMH Battery.) Nielsen//Netratings

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NIER (Non-Ionizing Electromagnetic Radiation)

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NiMH (Nickel-Metal-Hybrid) Battery

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NLE (Nonlinear Editing)

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Node

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NOI (Notice of Inquiry)

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Noise

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Noise Reduction

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Non-Ionizing Electromagnetic Radiation (See NIER.) Nonlinear Editing (See NLE.) North American Presentation Level Protocol Standard (or Syntax) (See NAPLPS.) Notice of Inquiry (See NOI.) Notice of Proposed Rule Making (See NPRM.) NPRM (Notice of Proposed Rule Making)

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NRSC (National Radio Systems Committee)

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NTSC (National Television System Committee)

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NTSC Video Signal

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Number Portability

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NVOD (Near Video On Demand)

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Nyquist Frequency

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O

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Object

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Object Linking and Embedding (See OLE.) Object-Oriented Programming (See OOP.) OC (Optical Carrier) Layer (See Optical Carrier Layer.) OCR (See Optical Character Recognition.) OC-3 (Optical Carrier, Level 3)

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OC (Optical Carrier) Layer

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OCR (Optical Character Recognition)

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ODBC (Open Database Connectivity)

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ODC (On-Demand Computing)

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OEB (See Open Ebook Standard.) OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer)

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Off-Line

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Ohm's Law

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OLE (Object Linking and Embedding)

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On Demand

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On-Demand Computing (See ODC.) Online

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Online Forum

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On-the-Fly Page

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OOP (Object-Oriented Programming)

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Open Architecture

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Open Database Connectivity (See ODBC.) Open Ebook Standard (OEB)

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OpenGl

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Open Relay

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Open Source

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Open System

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Open System Architecture (See OSA.) Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Model (See OSI Model.) Opera

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Operating System (OS)

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Operating System 2 (See OS/2.) Optical Carrier (OC) Layer (See OC Layer.) Optical Carrier, Level 3 (See Oc-3.) Optical Character Recognition (See OCR.) Opt-in E-Mail

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Opt-Out E-Mail

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Original Equipment Manufacturer (See OEM.) OS (See Operating System.) OSA (Open System Architecture) (See Open Architecture.) Oscillator

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OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) Model

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OS/2 (Operating System 2)

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Out-of-Band Signaling

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Overlay

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Overload

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Overscan

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P

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PABX (Private Automatic Branch Exchange)

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Packet

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Packet-Switched Public Data Network (See PSPDN.) Packet Switching

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Page Hypertext Pre-Processor (See PHP.) PageRank

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Paging

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PAL (Phase-Alternating Line)

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PAM (Pulse Amplitude Modulation)

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Pan and Scan

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Parallel Port

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Parallel Processing

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Parity Bit

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Password

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Patch Panel

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Path

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Pathfinding

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Payload

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Paypal

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Pay Per View (See PPV.) PBX (Private Branch Exchange)

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PC (Personal Computer)

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PCM (Pulse Code Modulation)

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PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card International Association)

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PCS (Personal Communications Service)

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PDA (Personal Digital Assistant)

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PDF (See Portable Document Format.) PEAP (Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol)

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Peer-to-Peer (P2P)

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PEL (Picture Element) (See Pixel.) Perigee

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Peripheral

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PERL (Practical Extraction and Report Language)

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Permanent Virtual Circuit (See PVC.) Personal Communication Service (See PCS.) Personal Computer (See PC.) Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (See PCMCIA.) Personal Digital Assistant (See PDA.) Personal Identification Number (See PIN.) Personal Video Recorder (Pvr) (See DVR.) Pervasive Computing

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P-Frame

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Pharming

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Phase-Alternating Line (See PAl.) Phased Array

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Phase Modulation (See PM.) Phase-Shift Keying (See PSK.) Phishing

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PhotoCD

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Photodetector

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Photonics

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PHP (Hypertext Pre-Processor)

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Physical Layer

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PICT (Picture Format File)

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Picture Element (PEL) (See Pixel.) Picture (PICT) File Format (See PICT.) Picture-in-Picture (See PIP.) PIN (Personal Identification Number)

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Pincushioning

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PIN Diode (Positive Intrinsic Negative Diode)

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PIP (Picture in Picture)

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Pixel (Picture Element)

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PKI (Public-Key Infrastructure)

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Plain-Old Telephone Service (See POTS.) Plain-Text File

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Plasma Display

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Platform

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Playback Head

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Plotter

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Plug and Play

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Plug-In

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PM (Phase Modulation)

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PNG (Portable Network Graphics)

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Podcasting

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Point to Multipoint

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Point to Point

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Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)

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Point of Presence (See POP.) Point-to-Point Over Ethernet (See PPPoE.) Point-to-Point Protocol (See PPP.) Polarity

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Polarization

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Polar Orbit

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POP (Point of Presence)

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POPS (Populations)

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Populations (See POPS.) Pop-Under

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Pop-Up

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Port

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Port Probe

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Port Replicator

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Portable Document Format (PDF)

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Portable Media Center

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Portable Network Graphics (PNG) File Format (See Png File Format.) Positive Intrinsic Negative Diode (See PIN.) Post

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Post House

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Postproduction

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POTS (Plain-Old Telephone Service)

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PPP (See Point-to-Point Protocol.) PPPoE (Point-to-Point Over Ethernet)

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PPV (Pay Per View)

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Practical Extraction and Report Language (See Perl.) Pre-Boot Execution Environment (See PXE.) Pre-Production

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Presence

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Presentation Layer (See OSI.) PRI (Primary Rate Interface)

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Primary Color

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Primary Rate Interface (See PRI.) PRN (See Pseudo-Random Noise.) Printer

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Private Network

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Privatization

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Private Automatic Branch Exchange (See PABX.) Private Branch Exchange (See PBX.) PRN (Pseudo-Random Noise)

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Processor

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Product Activation

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Program

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Program and System Information Protocol (See PSIP.) Programmable Read-Only Memory (See PROM.) Progressive Scanning

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PROM (Programmable Read-Only Memory)

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Propagation

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Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol (See PEAP.) Protocol

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Proximity Operator

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Proxy Server

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PSC (Public Service Commission)

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Pseudo-Random Noise (See Prn.) PSIP (Program and System Information Protocol)

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PSK (Phase-Shift Keying)

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PSPDN (Packet Switched Public Data Network)

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PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network)

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P2P (See Peer to Peer.) Public Domain

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Public-Key Cryptography

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Public-Key Infrastructure (See PKI.) Public Network

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Public Service Commission (See PSC.) Public Switched Telephone Network (See PSTN.) Public Utilities Commission (See PUC.) PUC (Public Utilities Commission)

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Pulse Amplitude Modulation (See PAM.) Pulse Code Modulation (See PCM.) Pulse Width Modulation (See PWM.) Push Technology

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PVC (Permanent Virtual Circuit)

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PVR (See Personal Video Recorder.) PWM (Pulse Width Modulation)

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PXE (Pre-Boot Execution Environment)

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Python

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Q

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QA (Quality Assurance)

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QAM (Quadrature Amplitude Modulation)

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QoS (Quality of Service)

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QPSK (Quadature Phase-Shift Keying)

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Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (See QAM.) Quadature Phase-Shift Keying (See QPSK.) Quality

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Quality Assurance (See QA.) Quality of Service (See QoS.) Quantization

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Query String

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Queuing

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Quicktime

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Quicktime VR

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Qwerty Keyboard

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R

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Radio

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Radio Broadcast Data System (See RBDS.) Radio Data System (See RDS.) Radio Frequency (See RF.) Radio Frequency Interference (See RFI.) Radio Frequency Radiation (See RFR.) RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial-in User Service)

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RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Drives)

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RAM (Random-Access Memory)

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Random-Access Memory (See RAM.) Rate

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RBDS (Radio Broadcast Data System)

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RBOC (Regional Bell Operating Company)

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RCA Connector

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R-DAT (Rotating-Head Digital Audio Recorder)

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RDS (Radio Data System)

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Read-Only

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Read-Only Memory (See ROM.) Really Simple Syndication, Rich Site Summary (See RSS.) RealMedia

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RealNetworks (See Streaming Medium.) Real Time

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Reboot

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Receiver

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Record Head

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Recycle Bin

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Red-Green-Blue (See RGB.) Reduced Instruction Set Computing (See RISC.) Redundancy

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Redundant Array of Independent Drives (See RAID.) Reengineering

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Refresh Rate

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Regional Bell Operating Company (See Rboc.) Registered Jack (See RJ.) Registry

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REL (Rights Expression Language)

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Relational Database

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Relay

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Remote Authentication Dial-in User Service (See RADIUS.) Remote Sensing

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Remote Wake-Up

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Repeater

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Repetitive Strain Syndrome (RSI)

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Replication

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Request for Comment (See RFC.) Resistor

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Resolution

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Resource Locking

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Retransmission Consent

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RF (Radio Frequency) Spectrum

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RFC (Request for Comment)

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RFI (Radio Frequency Interference)

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RFR (Radio Frequency Radiation)

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RGB (Red-Green-Blue)

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Rich Text Format (RTF)

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Rights Expression Language (See REL.) Ring Network (See Token Ring.) Ripping

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RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computing)

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RJ (Registered Jack)

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Roaming

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ROM (Read-Only Memory)

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Rotating-Head Digital Audio Recorder (See R-DAT.) Round-Robin DNs

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Round-Robin Domain Name System (See Round-Robin DNS.) Router

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Routing

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RSI (See Repetitive Strain Syndrome.) RSS (Really Simple Syndication, Rich Site Summary)

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RS-232

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RTF (See Rich Text Format.) Runtime Error

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S

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Safari

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Sampling

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Sampling Frequency (Sampling Rate)

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Sampling Rate (See Sampling Frequency.) SAP (Service Access Point; Systems, Applications, and Products)

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Satellite

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Satellite Digital Audio Radio Service (See SDARS.) Satellite Home Viewer Act/Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act (See SHVA/SHVIA.) Satellite Master Antenna Television (See SMATV.) Satellite News Gathering (See SNG.) Satellite Radio

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Sat Phone

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Saturation

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S-Band

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SCA (Subsidiary Communications Authorization)

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Scalability

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Scan Line

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Scanning

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SCC (See Specialized Common Carrier.) SCMS (Serial Copy Management System)

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SCPC (Single Channel Per Carrier)

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Scrambling

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Screen Real Estate

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Screen Saver

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Script Kiddie

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SCSI (Small Computer Systems Interface)

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SDARS (Satellite Digital Audio Radio Service)

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SDI (Serial Digital Interface)

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SDTV (Standard Definition Television)

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Sea Launch

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Search and Replace

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Search Engine

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Search Engine Spam

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SECAM [Sequential Couleur Avec Memoire (Sequential Color with Memory)]

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Secondary Colors

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Sector

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Secure Http (See HTTPS.) Secure Server

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Secure Sockets Layer (See SSL.) Seek Time

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Segue

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Self-Diagnostic

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Sequential Couleur Avec Memoire (Sequential Color with Memory) (SECAM) Standard (See SECAM.) Serial Copy Management System (See SCMS.) Serial Digital Interface (See SDI.) Serial Interface Port (See RS-232.) Server

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Service Access Point; Systems, Applications, and Products (See SAP.) Service-Oriented Development

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Servomechanism

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Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) for Instant Messaging and Presence Leveraging (See SIMPLE.) Session Layer

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Set-Top Box

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Shareware

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Shockwave

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Shopping Cart

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Short Message Service (See SMS.) Shortwave (See HF.) Shredder

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SHVA/SHVIA (Satellite Home Viewer Act/Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act)

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Sideband

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Sidetone

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.Sigfile

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Signal

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Signal Acquisition

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Signaling

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Signaling System 7 (See SS7.) Signal-to-Noise (S/N) Ratio (See S/N.) Signal-to-Noise Ratio (See SNR.) SIMM (Single in-Line Memory Module)

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SIMPLE [Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) for Instant Messaging and Presence Leveraging Extension]

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Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (See SMTP.) Simple Network Management Protocol (See SNMP.) Simple Object Access Protocol (See SOAP.) Simplex

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Single Channel Per Carrier (See SCPC.) Single in-Line Memory Module (See SIMM.) Single Mode

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Single Point of Failure (See SPOF.) Single Sign-On

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Site

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Site License

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Site Map

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Skunkworks

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Slack Space

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Slamming

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Slave

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Slot

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Small Computer Systems Interface (See SCSI.) Small Office/Home Office (See SOHO.) Smart Appliance

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Smart Card

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Smart Home

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Smart Phone

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Smatv (Satellite Master Antenna Television)

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Smr (Specialized Mobile Radio)

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Sms (Short Message Service)

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SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) (See Internet Protocol.) SMTPE (Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers)

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Snail Mail

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Sneakernet

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SNG (Satellite News Gathering)

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Sniffer

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SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol)

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SNR (See Signal-to-Noise Ratio.) S/N (Signal-to-Noise) Ratio

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SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol)

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Social Engineering

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Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (See SMTPE.) Soft Bounce

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Soft Phone

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Software

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SOHO (Small Office/Home Office)

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Solar Fade

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SONET (Synchronous Optical Network)

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Source Code

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Spam

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SPARCstation

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Specialized Common Carrier (SCC)

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Specialized Mobile Radio (See SMR.) Spectrum

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Speech Recognition (Voice Activation)

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Spider

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Spim

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Splicing

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SPOF (Single Point of Failure)

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Spoiler

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Spooler

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Spot Beam

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Spreadsheet

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Spread Spectrum

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Spyware

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SQL (Structured Query Language)

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SQL (Structured Query Language) Server

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SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)

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SS7 (Signaling System 7) Protocol

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Stack

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Standard Definition Television (See SDTV.) Standards Setting

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Star Topology

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Station

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Steganography

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Stereo

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STL (Studio Transmitter Link)

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Storage

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Streaming Media

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Strong Password

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Structured Query Language (See SQL.) Studio Transmitter Link (See STL.) Stylus

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Subcarrier

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Subnet

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Subscriber Line

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Subsidiary Communications Authorization (See SCA.) Supercomputer

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Super Vhs (See S-VHS.) Super Video Graphics Adapter (See SVGA.) Surround Sound

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SVGA (Super Video Graphics Adapter)

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S-VHS (Super Vhs)

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S-Video

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Switch

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Switched Network

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Synchronous Transmission

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Synchronous Optical Network (See SONET.) SYNDEX (Syndicated Exclusivity)

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Syndicated Exclusivity (See SYNDEX.) Sysadmin

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SYSOP (Systems Operator)

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Systems Operator (See SYSOP.)

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T

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TA (Terminal Adapter)

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Table

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Tablet PC (Tablet Personal Computer)

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Tagged Image File Format (See TIFF.) Tandem Office

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Tariff

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TBC (Time-Base Corrector)

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T-Carrier

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TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol)

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TDM (Time Division Multiplexing)

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TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access)

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Technobabble

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Telco

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Telecommunications

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Telecommunications Act of 1996

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Telecommunications Network (See TELNET.) Telecommuting

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Teleconference

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Telephony

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Teleport

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Telepresence

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Teletext

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Television Personal Computer/Personal Computer Television (See TVPC/PCTV.) TELNET (Telecommunications Network)

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Telstar

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Template

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Terabit

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Teraflop

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Terminal

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Terminal Adapter (See TA.) Terminal Emulation

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Terminator

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Terrestrial

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Text File

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Text Messaging

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TFT (Thin Film Transistor)

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Thermal Mapping

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Thin Client (See Network Computer.) Thin Film Transistor (See TFT.) Thinnet

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Threaded Discussion

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Throughput

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Tie Line

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TIFF (Tagged Image File Format)

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Tilde (“∼”)

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Time-Base Corrector (See TBC.) Time Code

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Time Code Generator

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Time Division Multiple Access (See TDMA.) Time Division Multiplexing (TDM)

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Time Shift

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TiVo

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Token Ring

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Toll Office

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Tomcat

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T-1 Connection

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Topology

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Touchpad

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Touch Screen

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TP (See Twisted Pair.) Trackball

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Traffic

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Traffic Engineering

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Transaction Authority Markup Language (XAML)

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Transceiver

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Transcoding

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Transformer

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Transistor

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Translator

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Transmission

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Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (See TCP/IP.) Transmitter

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Transparent Mode

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Transponder

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Transport Layer

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Treo

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Trial Version

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Trigger

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Triple DES (Triple Data Encryption Standard)

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Trojan Horse

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True Color

entry |1 pages

Trunk Line

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T-3 Connection

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Tuner

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Turing Test

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Turnkey

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TV (Television)

entry |1 pages

TVPC/PCTV (Television Personal Computer/Personal Computer Television)

entry |1 pages

Tweening

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Twisted Pair (TP)

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Two-Way

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U

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UBR (Unspecified Bit Rate)

entry |1 pages

UDDI (Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration)

entry |1 pages

UHF (Ultra High Frequency)

entry |1 pages

UI (See User Interface.) Ultra Extended Graphics Array (See UXGA.) Ultra High Frequency (See UHF.) Underscanning

entry |1 pages

UNI (User Network Interface)

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Unicast

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Unicode

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Uniform Resource Locator (See URl.) Uninterruptible Power Supply (See UPS.) Unique User

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Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration (See UDDI.) Universal Remote

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Universal Serial Bus (See USB/USB2.) UNIX

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Unspecified Bit Rate (See UBR.) Upconverter

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Uplink

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Upload

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UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply)

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Upstream

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Uptime

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URL (Uniform Resource Locator)

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USB/USB2 (Universal Serial Bus)

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Usenet

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User Id (User Identification)

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User Interface (UI)

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User Friendly

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User Session

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User Network Interface (See UNI.) UTC (Coordinated Universal Time)

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UXGA (Ultra Extended Graphics Array)

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V

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Value-Added Network (VAN)

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VAN (See Value-Added Network.) Vaporware

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Variable Bit Rate (See VBR.) VBI (Vertical Blanking Interval)

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VBR (Variable Bit Rate)

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VC (See Virtual Channel.) V-Chip

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VCR (Video Cassette Recorder)

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Vector Graphics

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Vectorscope

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Vertical Blanking Interval (See VBI.) Very High Frequency (See VHF.) Very Large-Scale Integration (See VLSI.) Very Small Aperture Terminal (See VSAT.) Vestigial Sideband (See VSB.) VHF (Very High Frequency)

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VHS (Video Home System)

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Video

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Video Bit Stream

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Video Capture

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Video Capture Card

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Video Cassette Recorder (See VCR.) Video Codec

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Video Compression

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Videoconferencing

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Video Home System (See VHS.) Video On Demand (See VOD.) Video Ram (See VRAM.) Video Server

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Videotape Recorder (See VTR.) Video Terminal 100 (See vt100.) Viewer

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Virtual

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Virtual Channel (VC)

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Virtual Circuit

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Virtual Community

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Virtual Honeypot

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Virtual Path (VP)

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Virtual Private Network (VPN)

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Virtual Reality (VR)

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Virtual Reality Modeling Language (See VRML.) Virtual Set

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Virtual Space

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Virtual Walkthrough

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Virus

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Visible Light

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Vista

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VLSI (Very Large-Scale Integration)

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V.90

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VOD (Video On Demand)

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Voice Activation/Recognition (See Speech Recognition.) Voice Grade

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Voice Internet Protocol (See VoIP.) Voice Mail

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Voice Response Unit (See VRU.) VoIP (Voice Internet Protocol)

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VP (See Virtual Path.) VPN (See Virtual Private Network.) VR (See Virtual Reality.) VRAM (Video RAM)

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VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling Language)

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VRU (Voice Response Unit)

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VSAT (Very Small Aperture Terminal)

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VSB (Vestigial Sideband)

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VTR (Videotape Recorder)

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W

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W (See Watt.) WAI (Web Accessibility Initiative)

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WAN (Wide Area Network)

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Warez

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Warm Boot

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Watermarking

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WATs (Wide Area Telecommunications Service)

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Watt

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Waveform Monitor

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Wavelength

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WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access)

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Wearable Computer

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Web

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Web Accessibility Initiative (See WAI.) Webmaster

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Web Page

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Web Server

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Web Site

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WebTV

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WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)

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WfM (Wired for Management)

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What you See is What you Get (See WYSIWYG.) Whiteboard

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Wide Area Network (See WAN.) Wide Area Telecommunications Service (See WATS.) Wideband

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Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (See WCDMA.) Widescreen

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Wi-Fi Protected Access (See WPA.) Wiki

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Wildcard Character

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WiMAX

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WIMP (Windows, Icons, Menus, and Pointing Device)

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Windows

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Windows, Icons, Menus, and Pointing Device (See WIMP.) Windows Media Technologies

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Winsock

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Wintel

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Wipe

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Wired Equivalent Privacy (See WEP.) Wired for Management (See WfM.) Wireless Communications

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Wireless Internet Access

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Wireless LAN (Wireless Local Area Network)

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Wireless Local Area Network (See Wireless LAN.) WMT (See Windows Media Technologies.) Workgroup Computing

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Workstation

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World Wide Web (See Web.) Worm

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WPA (Wifi Protected Access)

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WWW (World Wide Web) (See Web.) WYSIWYG (What you See is What you Get)

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X-Y-Z

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XAML (See Transaction Authority Markup Language.) X-Band

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XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language)

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XDS (Extended Data Service)

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XM (XM Satellite Radio Incorporated)

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XML (Extensible Markup Language)

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XM Satellite Radio Incorporated (See Xm.) XrML (Extensible Rights Markup Language)

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XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

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Y (Luminance) and Yo (Luma)

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Yo/C (Luma/Chrominance) Video

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YoUV Color System

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Z (Impedance)

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Zeroconf (Zero Configuration) Networking

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Zero Configuration Networking (See Zeroconf.) Zip/Unzip

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Zombie

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Zoom

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Zulu Time

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Numbered Terms

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10Base-T

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100Base-T

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1080i

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24Frames per Second (24 fps)

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24/7

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2b + D

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3g

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4:2:2(Color Subsampling)

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56-K line

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720p

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8VSB

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802.11x