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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
letter 1|20 pages
A
entry |1 pages
AAC (Advanced Audio Coding)
entry |1 pages
AAF (Advanced Authoring Format)
entry |1 pages
A&B Signaling
entry |1 pages
ABR (Available Bit Rate)
entry |1 pages
A/B Roll
entry |1 pages
A/B Switch
entry |1 pages
AC (Alternating Current)
entry |1 pages
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
entry |1 pages
Acceptable Use Policy (See AUP.) Access Code
entry |1 pages
Accessible Content
entry |1 pages
Access Node
entry |1 pages
Account
entry |1 pages
ACD (See Automatic Call Distributor.) Acrobat
entry |1 pages
AC-3 (Audio Codec 3)
entry |1 pages
Actionscript
entry |1 pages
Active Directory
entry |1 pages
Active Matrix Display
entry |2 pages
Active Server Pages (ASp)
entry |1 pages
Active Video Lines
entry |1 pages
Activex
entry |1 pages
ACu (Automatic Calling Unit)
entry |1 pages
A/D (Analog-to-Digital) Conversion
entry |2 pages
Adapter Card
entry |1 pages
Adaptive Discrete Cosine Transform (See ADCT.) Adaptive Routing
entry |1 pages
ADC (Analog-to-Digital Converter)
entry |1 pages
ADCT (Adaptive Discrete Cosine Transform) (See DCT.) Address
entry |2 pages
Addressability
entry |1 pages
Adjacent Channel Interference
entry |1 pages
ADS (See Alternative Data Stream.) ADSL (Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line)
entry |1 pages
Advanced Audio Coding (See AAC.) Advanced Authoring Format (See AAF.) Advanced Encryption Standard
entry |1 pages
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
entry |1 pages
Agent
entry |2 pages
AGP (See Accelerated Graphics Port.) AHRA (Audio Home Recording Act) of 1992
entry |1 pages
AI (Artificial Intelligence)
entry |1 pages
AIFF (Audio Interchange File Format)
entry |1 pages
AIN (Advanced Intelligent Network)
entry |2 pages
AJAX (Asynchronous Javascript and Xml)
entry |1 pages
Algorithm
entry |1 pages
Alias
entry |1 pages
Aliasing
entry |1 pages
ALICE (Artificial Linguistic Computer Entity)
entry |1 pages
Aloha
entry |1 pages
Alpha Channel
entry |1 pages
Alphanumeric
entry |1 pages
Alternate Routing
entry |1 pages
Alternating Current (See AC.) Alternative Data Stream (ADS)
entry |2 pages
Alt Key
entry |1 pages
AM (Amplitude Modulation)
entry |1 pages
AM Expanded Band
entry |1 pages
AMAX
entry |1 pages
Ambient Noise
entry |1 pages
American Standard Code for Information Interchange (See ASCII.) Ampere
entry |1 pages
Amplifier
entry |2 pages
Amplitude Modulation (See AM.) Amplitude Shift Keying (ASK)
entry |1 pages
Analog
entry |1 pages
Analog-to-Digital (See A/D.) Analog-to-Digital Converter (See ADC.) Anamorphic DVD (Anamorphic Digital Video Device)
entry |1 pages
ANI (Automatic Number Identification)
entry |1 pages
Animated GIF (Graphics Image Format) File
entry |2 pages
Anonymous FTP (Anonymous File Transfer Protocol)
entry |1 pages
Anonymous Remailer
entry |1 pages
Antenna Farm
entry |1 pages
Antenna Gain
entry |1 pages
Antialiasing
entry |2 pages
Anti-Virus Software
entry |1 pages
Apache Web Server
entry |1 pages
APD (Avalanche Photodiode)
entry |1 pages
API (Application Program Interface)
entry |1 pages
APIPA (Automatic Private Ip Addressing)
entry |1 pages
Apogee
entry |1 pages
Apple
entry |2 pages
Applet
entry |1 pages
Appletalk
entry |1 pages
Application
entry |1 pages
Application Layer
entry |1 pages
Application Program Interface (See API.) Application Server
entry |1 pages
Application Service Provider
entry |2 pages
Application Sharing
entry |1 pages
Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (See ASIC.) Archive
entry |1 pages
Arpanet (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network)
entry |1 pages
Array
entry |1 pages
Artifact
entry |1 pages
Artificial Intelligence (See AI.) Artificial Linguistic Computer Entity (See ALICE.) ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange)
entry |2 pages
ASIC (Application-Specific Integrated Circuit
entry |1 pages
ASP (See Active Server Pages.) Aspect Ratio
entry |1 pages
Asymmetrical
entry |1 pages
Asymmetrical Compression
entry |2 pages
Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (See ADSL.) Asynchronous Communication
entry |1 pages
Asynchronous Javascript and Xml (See AJAX.) Asynchronous Transfer Mode (See ATM.) ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode)
entry |1 pages
ATSC (Advanced Television Systems Committee)
entry |1 pages
Atsc (Advanced Television Systems Committee) Standard
entry |1 pages
Attachment
entry |2 pages
Attenuation
entry |1 pages
Attenuator
entry |1 pages
Auction
entry |1 pages
Audible Tone
entry |1 pages
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
entry |1 pages
AUP (Acceptable Use Policy)
entry |2 pages
Authentication
entry |1 pages
Authoring
entry |1 pages
Automatic Call Distributor (ACD)
entry |1 pages
Automatic Calling Unit (See ACU.) Automatic Number Identification (See ANI.) Automatic Private Ip Addressing (See APIPA.) Autoresponder
entry |1 pages
Autosave
entry |2 pages
AUX (Auxiliary)
entry |1 pages
Auxiliary (See AUX.) A/V (Audio/Visual)
entry |1 pages
Available Bit Rate (See ABR.) Avalanche Photodiode (See AP.) Avatar
entry |1 pages
AVI (Audio Video Interleaved)
entry |1 pages
Axis
entry |1 pages
Azimuth
letter 2|14 pages
B
entry |1 pages
Baby Bell
entry |1 pages
Back Channel
entry |1 pages
Back Door
entry |1 pages
Backbone Network
entry |1 pages
Backhaul
entry |1 pages
Backlighting
entry |2 pages
Backplane
entry |1 pages
Backward Compatibility
entry |1 pages
Band
entry |1 pages
Band-Pass Filter
entry |1 pages
Bandwidth
entry |1 pages
Banner Ad
entry |2 pages
Barreling Distortion
entry |1 pages
Baseband
entry |1 pages
BASIC (Beginners All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code)
entry |1 pages
Basic Input/Output System (See BIOS.) Basic Rate Interface (See BRI.) Basic Trading Area (BTA)
entry |1 pages
Baud Rate
entry |1 pages
Bayesian Filtering
entry |2 pages
BCC (Blind Carbon Copy)
entry |1 pages
BCD (Binary Coded Decimal)
entry |1 pages
B-Channel (Bearer Channel)
entry |1 pages
Beam Splitter
entry |1 pages
Bellcore (Bell Communications Research)
entry |1 pages
Bell Laboratories
entry |1 pages
Benchmark
entry |1 pages
BER (Bit Error Rate)
entry |1 pages
Bearer Channel (See B-Channel.) Beginners All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code (See BASIC.) Betacam SP
entry |1 pages
Beta Test
entry |1 pages
Bezel
entry |1 pages
Binary
entry |1 pages
Binary Coded Decimal (See BCD.) Binary Hexadecimal (See BINHEX.) Binary Numbering
entry |1 pages
Binary Phase-Shift Keying (See BPSK.) BINHEX (Binary Hexadecimal)
entry |1 pages
Biometrics
entry |1 pages
BIOS (Basic Input/Output System)
entry |1 pages
Bird
entry |1 pages
Bird Time
entry |1 pages
Bit
entry |1 pages
Bit Density
entry |1 pages
Bit Error Rate (See Ber.) Bit-Energy–to–noise-Density Ratio (See Eb/No.) Bitmap
entry |1 pages
Bits per Second (See bps.) Bit Stream
entry |2 pages
Bittorrent
entry |1 pages
Blackberry
entry |1 pages
Black Box
entry |1 pages
Black Burst
entry |1 pages
Blanking Intervals (Horizontal and Vertical)
entry |1 pages
Bloatware
entry |1 pages
Block
entry |1 pages
Blog
entry |1 pages
Blowfish
entry |1 pages
Blu-Ray
entry |1 pages
Blue Screen
entry |2 pages
Bluetooth
entry |1 pages
BMP (Bitmap) Graphics File Format
entry |1 pages
BNC Connector
entry |1 pages
Board
entry |1 pages
Bookmarks/Favorites
entry |1 pages
Boolean Search
entry |1 pages
Boot (or Boot-Up)
entry |1 pages
Bot
entry |1 pages
Bottleneck
entry |1 pages
Bozo Filter
entry |1 pages
Bps (Bits per Second)
entry |1 pages
BPSK (Binary Phase-Shift Keying)
entry |1 pages
BRI (Basic Rate Interface)
entry |1 pages
Bridge
entry |1 pages
Bridge Amplifier
entry |1 pages
Brightness
entry |1 pages
Broadband
entry |1 pages
Broadband Wireless Access
entry |1 pages
Broadcast
entry |2 pages
Broadcast Flag
entry |1 pages
Broadcast Quality
entry |1 pages
Broadcast Satellite Service (See BSS.) Brouter
entry |1 pages
Browser
entry |1 pages
BSS (Broadcast Satellite Service)
entry |1 pages
BTA (See Basic Trading Area.) Buffer
entry |1 pages
Buffer Overflow
entry |2 pages
Buffer Underrun
entry |1 pages
Bundle
entry |1 pages
Bundling
entry |1 pages
Burn
entry |1 pages
Burst
entry |1 pages
Bursty Data
entry |1 pages
Bus
entry |1 pages
Byte
letter 3|26 pages
C
entry |1 pages
C Programming Language
entry |1 pages
C++ Programming Language
entry |1 pages
C# Programming Language
entry |1 pages
CA (See Certification Authority.) Cable Broadband
entry |1 pages
Cable Modem
entry |1 pages
Cable Modem Termination System (See CMTS.) Cable Radio
entry |2 pages
Cable Television
entry |1 pages
Cache
entry |1 pages
CAD/CAM (Computer-Aided Design/Computer-Aided Manufacture)
entry |1 pages
Caller ID
entry |1 pages
Call Tree
entry |1 pages
Camcorder
entry |1 pages
Campus Area Network (See CAN.) CAN (Campus Area Network)
entry |2 pages
CAP (Competitive Access Provider)
entry |1 pages
Capacitance
entry |1 pages
Capacitor
entry |1 pages
Capacity
entry |1 pages
CAP Code
entry |1 pages
Card
entry |1 pages
Carnivore
entry |1 pages
Carrier
entry |2 pages
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
entry |1 pages
Cascading Style Sheets (See CSS.) Case Sensitive
entry |1 pages
CAT5
entry |1 pages
Cathode Ray Tube (CRt)
entry |1 pages
CAT6
entry |2 pages
CATV (Community Antenna Television)
entry |1 pages
C-Band
entry |1 pages
CBR (Constant Bit Rate)
entry |1 pages
CC (Closed Captioning)
entry |1 pages
CCD (Charge-Coupled Device)
entry |1 pages
CD (Compact Disc)
entry |2 pages
CD (Compact Disc) Quality
entry |1 pages
CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access)
entry |1 pages
CDPD (Cellular Digital Packet Data)
entry |1 pages
CD-R/CDR (Compact Disc, Recordable)
entry |1 pages
CD-ROM (Compact Disc, Read-Only Memory)
entry |1 pages
CD-RW (Compact Disc, Rewritable)
entry |2 pages
CDV (Compressed Digital Video)
entry |1 pages
Cell
entry |1 pages
Cellular Digital Packet Data (See CDPD.) Cellular Telephone
entry |1 pages
Censorware
entry |1 pages
Central Office (CO)
entry |1 pages
Central Processing Unit (See CPU.) Certification Authority (CA)
entry |1 pages
CG (Character Generator)
entry |1 pages
CGI (See Common Gateway Interface.) Challenge/Response
entry |1 pages
Channel
entry |1 pages
Channel Bonding
entry |1 pages
Channel Service Unit (See CSU.) Character Generator (See CG.) Character Oriented
entry |2 pages
Charge-Coupled Device (See CCD.) Chat
entry |1 pages
Chat Room
entry |1 pages
Checksum
entry |1 pages
Children's Internet Protection Act (See CIPA.) Chip
entry |1 pages
Chipset
entry |2 pages
Chroma Key
entry |1 pages
Chrominance
entry |1 pages
Churn
entry |1 pages
C/I (Carrier-to-Interference) Ratio
entry |1 pages
CIF (Common Intermediate Format)
entry |1 pages
CIFS (Common Internet File System)
entry |2 pages
CIM (Computer-Integrated Manufacturing)
entry |1 pages
CIPA (Children's Internet Protection Act)
entry |1 pages
Cipher Text
entry |1 pages
Circuit
entry |1 pages
Circuit Switching
entry |1 pages
Cladding
entry |1 pages
Clarke Belt
entry |2 pages
CLASS (Custom Local Area Signaling Service)
entry |1 pages
Clean Room
entry |1 pages
Clear Channel
entry |1 pages
Click-and-Mortar
entry |1 pages
Click-Through Rate
entry |2 pages
Client/Server (CS)
entry |1 pages
Cliff Effect
entry |1 pages
Clipboard
entry |1 pages
Cloaking
entry |1 pages
Clock/Clock Speed
entry |2 pages
Closed Captioning (CC)
entry |1 pages
Closed System
entry |1 pages
CMC (See Computer-Mediated Communication.) CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor)
entry |1 pages
CMRS (Commercial Mobile Radio Service)
entry |1 pages
CMTS (Cable Modem Termination System)
entry |1 pages
CMYK (Cyan-Magenta-Yellow-Key)
entry |1 pages
CMS (See Content Management System.) C/N (Carrier-to-Noise) Ratio
entry |2 pages
CO (See Central Office.) Coarse Wave Division Multiplexing (See Cwdm.) Coax (Coaxial) Cable
entry |1 pages
COBOL (Common Business Oriented Language)
entry |1 pages
Code
entry |1 pages
CODEC (Coder/Decoder)
entry |2 pages
Code Division Multiple Access (See CDMA.) Coded Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (See COFDM.) Coder/Decoder (See CODEC.) COFDM (Coded Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing)
entry |1 pages
Coldfusion
entry |1 pages
Cold Site
entry |1 pages
Collision
entry |1 pages
Color (See RGB.) Color Burst
entry |2 pages
Color Subsampling (See 4:2:2.) Comma Delimited
entry |1 pages
Command Prompt
entry |1 pages
Comma-Separated Value (See CSV.) Commerce Xml (See cXML.) Commercial Mobile Radio Service (See CMRS.) Common Business Oriented Language (See COBOL.) Common Carrier
entry |1 pages
Common Gateway Interface (CGI)
entry |2 pages
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
entry |1 pages
Competitive Access Provider (See CAP.) Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (See CMOS.) Component Video
entry |1 pages
Composite Video (CV)
entry |1 pages
Compressed Digital Video (See CDV.) Compressed Video
entry |2 pages
Compression
entry |1 pages
Compression Algorithm
entry |1 pages
Compulsory License
entry |1 pages
Computer
entry |1 pages
Computer-Aided Design/Computer-Aided Manufacture (See CAD/CAM.) Computer Graphics
entry |2 pages
Computer-Integrated Manufacturing (See CIM.) Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC)
entry |1 pages
Computer Telephony Integration (See CTi.) Concentrator
entry |1 pages
Conditioning
entry |1 pages
Conductivity
entry |1 pages
Connection
entry |1 pages
Connectionless Network
entry |1 pages
Constant Bit Rate (See CBR.) Contact Manager
entry |2 pages
Content Management System (CMS)
entry |1 pages
Content Provider
entry |1 pages
Context Sensitive
entry |1 pages
Contextual Advertising
entry |1 pages
Control (Ctrl) Key
entry |1 pages
Controller
entry |2 pages
CONUS
entry |1 pages
Convergence
entry |1 pages
Converging
entry |1 pages
Coordinated Universal Time (See UTC.) Cookie
entry |1 pages
Co-Processor
entry |1 pages
Copyleft
entry |2 pages
Copy Protection
entry |1 pages
CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture)
entry |1 pages
Core
entry |1 pages
CPE (Customer Premises Equipment)
entry |1 pages
CPU (Central Processing Unit)
entry |1 pages
Crawl
entry |2 pages
Creative Commons Licensing
entry |1 pages
CRM (Customer Relationship Management)
entry |1 pages
Cross Connect
entry |1 pages
Cross Platform
entry |1 pages
Cross-Site Scripting (See Xss.) Crosstalk
entry |1 pages
CRT (See Cathode Ray Tube.) CS (See Client/Server.) C7standard
entry |1 pages
CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
entry |1 pages
CSU (Channel Service Unit)
entry |1 pages
CSV (Comma-Separated Value; See Comma-Delimited.) CTI (Computer Telephony Integration)
entry |1 pages
Ctrl (Control) Key (See Control (Ctrl) Key.) Current (Electrical)
entry |1 pages
Custom Local Area Signaling Service (See CLASS.) Customer Premises Equipment (See CPE.) Customer Relationship Management (See CRM.) CV (Composite Video)
entry |1 pages
CWDM (Coarse Wave Division Multiplexing)
entry |2 pages
cXML (Commerce Xml)
entry |1 pages
Cyan-Magenta-Yellow-Key (See CMYK.) Cyberspace
entry |1 pages
Cybersquatting
entry |1 pages
Cycles per Second
letter 4|25 pages
D
entry |1 pages
D/A (Digital-to-Analog) Conversion
entry |1 pages
DAC (Digital-to-Analog Converter/Conversion) (See D/A.) Daisychain
entry |1 pages
DAM (Digital Asset Management)
entry |1 pages
Dark Fiber
entry |1 pages
DAT (Digital Audiotape)
entry |1 pages
Data
entry |2 pages
Database
entry |1 pages
Database Server
entry |1 pages
Data Broadcasting
entry |1 pages
Datacasting
entry |2 pages
Data-Circuit-Terminating Equipment (See DCE.) Data Communications (See Data.) Data Encryption Standard (See DES.) Data Glove
entry |1 pages
Data Link
entry |1 pages
Data Mining
entry |1 pages
Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (See DOCSIS.) Data Packet
entry |1 pages
Data Rate
entry |1 pages
Data Stream
entry |1 pages
Datasuit
entry |1 pages
Data Terminal Equipment (See DTE.) Data Vaulting
entry |1 pages
Data Warehousing
entry |1 pages
Daughterboard
entry |1 pages
dB (Decibel)
entry |1 pages
DBS (Direct Broadcast Satellite)
entry |1 pages
DC (Direct Current)
entry |2 pages
DCE (Data Circuit-Terminating Equipment)
entry |1 pages
DCt (Discrete Cosine Transform)
entry |1 pages
Debugging
entry |1 pages
Decibel (See dB.) Decoder
entry |1 pages
Decryption
entry |1 pages
Decryption Content Scrambling System (See DeCSS.) DeCSS (Decryption Content Scrambling System)
entry |2 pages
Dedicated Line
entry |1 pages
Defrag (Defragment)
entry |1 pages
Defragment (See Defrag.) Delta Modulation (See DM.) Delta Yuv (See DYuv.) Demarc (Demarcation) Point (See Demarcation (Demarc) Point.) Demarcation (Demarc) Point
entry |1 pages
Demodulation
entry |1 pages
Demultiplexing (Demux)
entry |1 pages
Demux (See Demultiplexing.) Denial-of-Service (Dos) Attack (See Dos (Denial of Service) Attack.) Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM)
entry |1 pages
Deregulation
entry |1 pages
Des (Data Encryption Standard)
entry |1 pages
Descriptive Video Service (See DVS.) Designated Market Area (See DMA.) Desktop Publishing (DTP)
entry |1 pages
Desktop Videoconferencing
entry |1 pages
Device Manager
entry |2 pages
Deutsches Institut Für Normung (See DIN.) Dictionary Attack
entry |1 pages
Differential Phase-Shift Keying (See DPSK.) Differential Pulse Code Modulation (See DPCM.) Differential Quaternary Phase-Shift Keying(4 Psk) (See DQPSK.) Digital
entry |1 pages
Digital Asset Management (See DAM.) Digital Audiotape (See DAT.) Digital Betacam
entry |1 pages
Digital Cable
entry |2 pages
Digital Camera
entry |1 pages
Digital Certificate (Digital ID)
entry |1 pages
Digital Copyright
entry |1 pages
Digital8
entry |1 pages
Digital ID (See Digital Certificate.) Digital Ink
entry |1 pages
Digital Light Processing (See DLP.) Digital Media
entry |2 pages
Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)
entry |1 pages
Digital Object Identifier (See DOI.) Digital Radio
entry |1 pages
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
entry |1 pages
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
entry |1 pages
Digitization (See Digitizing.) Digitizing (Digitization)
entry |1 pages
DIN (Deutsches Institut Für Normung)
entry |1 pages
Diode
entry |1 pages
DIP Switch
entry |1 pages
Direct Broadcast Satellite (See DBS.) Direct Current (See DC.) Directdraw
entry |1 pages
Directional Antenna
entry |1 pages
Direct-Sequence Spread Spectrum (See DSSS.) Direct-to-Home (See DTH.) Directv (See Dbs, Dss, and DTH.) Disaster Recovery Plan (See DRP.) Disc
entry |1 pages
Discontinuity
entry |1 pages
Discrete
entry |1 pages
Discrete Cosine Transform (See DCT.) Dish
entry |1 pages
Disintermediation
entry |1 pages
Disk
entry |1 pages
Disk Cache
entry |2 pages
Disk Operating System (See DOs.) Display
entry |1 pages
Dissolve
entry |1 pages
Distance Learning
entry |1 pages
Distortion
entry |1 pages
Distributed System
entry |1 pages
DivX (Digital Video Express)
entry |2 pages
DLL (Dynamic Link Library)
entry |1 pages
DLP (Digital Light Processing)
entry |1 pages
DM (Delta Modulation)
entry |1 pages
DMA (Designated Market Area)
entry |1 pages
DMCA (See Digital Millennium Copyright Act.) DNS [Domain Name (Server, Service, System)]
entry |2 pages
Docking Station
entry |1 pages
DoCoMo
entry |1 pages
DOCSIS (Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification)
entry |1 pages
Document Object Model (See DOM.) Document Type Definition (See DTD.) DOI (Digital Object Identifier)
entry |1 pages
Dolby
entry |2 pages
DOM (Document Object Model)
entry |1 pages
Domain Name
entry |1 pages
Domain Name Hijacking
entry |1 pages
Domain Name System/Service/Server (See DNS.) Dongle
entry |2 pages
DoS (Denial-of-Service) Attack
entry |1 pages
DOS (Disk Operating System)
entry |1 pages
Dot.com
entry |1 pages
Dot Pitch
entry |1 pages
Downconverter
entry |2 pages
Downlink
entry |1 pages
Download
entry |1 pages
Downstream
entry |1 pages
Downtime
entry |1 pages
DPCM (Differential Pulse Code Modulation) (See PCM.) DPSK (Differential Phase-Shift Keying)
entry |1 pages
DQPSK [Differential Quaternary Phase-Shift Keying (4 PSK)]
entry |1 pages
Drag and Drop
entry |2 pages
DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory)
entry |1 pages
Drill-Down
entry |1 pages
Driver
entry |1 pages
DRM (Digital Rights Management)
entry |1 pages
Drop
entry |1 pages
Dropper
entry |1 pages
DRP (Disaster Recovery Plan)
entry |2 pages
DSL (Digital Subscriber Line)
entry |1 pages
DSLAM (Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer)
entry |2 pages
DSP (Digital Signal Processing)
entry |1 pages
DSS (Digital Satellite System)
entry |1 pages
DSSS (Direct-Sequence Spread Spectrum)
entry |1 pages
DSU (Digital Service Unit)
entry |1 pages
DS-0 (Digital Signaling, Zero Level)
entry |2 pages
DTCP-IP (Digital Transmission Content Protection Over Internet Protocol)
entry |1 pages
DTD (Document Type Definition)
entry |1 pages
DTE (Data Terminal Equipment)
entry |1 pages
DTH (Direct to Home)
entry |1 pages
DTP (See Desktop Publishing.) DTv (Digital Television)
entry |2 pages
Dubbing
entry |1 pages
Dumb Terminal
entry |1 pages
Duplex Communication (See Full Duplex and Simplex.) DV (Digital Video)
entry |1 pages
DVB (Digital Video Broadcasting)
entry |1 pages
DVD (Digital Versatile Disc)
entry |2 pages
DVD-RW (Digital Versatile Disc, Recordable/Writeable) (See Dvd.) Dvorak Keyboard
entry |1 pages
DVR (Digital Video Recorder)
entry |1 pages
DVs (Descriptive Video Service)
entry |1 pages
DWDM (Dense Wave Division Multiplexing)
entry |1 pages
Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation
entry |2 pages
Dynamic Link Library (See DLL.) Dynamic Random Access Memory (See DRAM.) Dynamic Range
entry |1 pages
DYUV [Delta Luminance (Y) and Chrominance (UV)]
letter 5|12 pages
E
entry |1 pages
Earth Station
entry |1 pages
EAS (Emergency Alert System)
entry |1 pages
Eb/No (Bit-Energy–to–noise-Density) Ratio
entry |1 pages
EBPP (Electronic Bill Presentment and Payment)
entry |2 pages
E-Business (Electronic Business)
entry |1 pages
ebXML (Electronic Business Using Extensible Markup Language)
entry |1 pages
E-Cash (Electronic Cash)
entry |1 pages
ECD (European Copyright Directive)
entry |1 pages
E-Commerce (Electronic Commerce)
entry |1 pages
EDAC (Error Detection and Correction)
entry |2 pages
EDI (Electronic Data Interchange)
entry |1 pages
Edit Decision List (See Edl.) EDL (Edit Decision List)
entry |1 pages
EDTV (Enhanced Definition Television)
entry |1 pages
Educational Television (See ETV.) EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation)
entry |1 pages
Effective Isotropic Radiated Power (See EIRP.) EFS (Encrypting File System)
entry |1 pages
Egress
entry |1 pages
Egress Traffic
entry |2 pages
EFS (Error-Free Seconds)
entry |1 pages
EHF (Extremely High Frequency)
entry |1 pages
EIA Interface
entry |1 pages
EIDE (Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics)
entry |1 pages
EIRP (Effective Isotropic Radiated Power)
entry |1 pages
Electromagnetic Interference (See EMI.) Electromagnetic Pulse (See EMP.) Electromagnetic Spectrum
entry |1 pages
Electronic Bill Presentment and Payment (See EBPP.) Electronic Business Using Extensible Markup Language (See ebXML.) Electronic Cash (See E-Cash.) Electronic Coupon
entry |2 pages
Electronic Data Interchange (See EDI.) Electronic Frontier Foundation (See EFF.) Electronic Mail (See E-Mail.) Electronic News Gathering (See ENG.) Electronic Newsletter
entry |1 pages
Electronic Organizer
entry |1 pages
Electronic Paper
entry |1 pages
Electronic Payment System
entry |1 pages
Electronic Program Guide (See EPG.) Electronic Signatures Act (See ESA.) Electronic Switching System (See ESS.) Electronic Wallet
entry |1 pages
ELF (Extremely Low Frequency)
entry |2 pages
Elliptical Orbit
entry |1 pages
E-Mail (Electronic Mail)
entry |1 pages
E-Mail (Electronic Mail) Attachment
entry |1 pages
E-Mail (Electronic Mail) Spoofing
entry |1 pages
Embedded System
entry |1 pages
Emergency Alert System (See EAS.) EMI (Electromagnetic Interference)
entry |1 pages
Emoticon
entry |1 pages
EMP (Electromagnetic Pulse)
entry |1 pages
Emulation
entry |1 pages
Encapsulated Postscript (See EPS.) Encoding/Decoding
entry |1 pages
Encrypted Container
entry |2 pages
Encrypting File System (See EFS.) Encryption
entry |1 pages
End-User License Agreement (See EULA.) ENG (Electronic News Gathering)
entry |1 pages
Enhanced Definition Television (See EDTV.) Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics (See EIDE.) Enhanced 911 (See E911.) Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio (See ESMR.) E911 (Enhanced 911)
entry |1 pages
Enterprise Resource Planning (See ERP.) Enterprise Systems Connection (See ESCON.) Enterprise-Wide
entry |1 pages
EPG (Electronic Program Guide)
entry |2 pages
EPS (Encapsulated Postscript)
entry |1 pages
Equalizer
entry |1 pages
Erase Head
entry |1 pages
Ergonomics
entry |1 pages
Erlang
entry |1 pages
ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)
entry |1 pages
Error Correction
entry |2 pages
Error Detection and Correction (See Edac.) Error-Free Seconds (See Efs.) Error Rate
entry |1 pages
ESA (Electronic Signatures Act)
entry |1 pages
Escape Character
entry |1 pages
ESCON (Enterprise Systems Connection)
entry |1 pages
ESMR (Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio)
entry |1 pages
ESS (Electronic Switching System)
entry |2 pages
Ethernet
entry |1 pages
ETV (Educational Television)
entry |1 pages
EULA (End-User License Agreement)
entry |1 pages
Eureka (European Research Coordination Agency)
entry |1 pages
Eureka-147
entry |1 pages
European Copyright Directive (See ECD.) European Research Coordination Agency (See Eureka.) Exchange Server
entry |2 pages
Expansion Slot
entry |1 pages
Expert System
entry |1 pages
Extended Data Service (See XDS.) Extensible Business Reporting Language (See XBRL.) Extensible Markup Language (See XML.) Extensible Rights Markup Language (See XrML.) Extranet
entry |1 pages
Extremely High Frequency (See EHF.) Extremely Low Frequency (See ELF.) E-Zine (Electronic Magazine)
letter 6|14 pages
F
entry |1 pages
Facility
entry |1 pages
Facsimilie (See Fax.) Fader
entry |1 pages
Failover
entry |1 pages
FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)
entry |1 pages
Fast Ethernet (See 100base T.) Fast Packet Switching
entry |2 pages
FAT (File Allocation Table)
entry |1 pages
Fault Tolerance
entry |1 pages
Fax (Facsimile)
entry |1 pages
Fax Modem
entry |1 pages
Fax Over IP (See FoIP.) FCC (Federal Communications Commission)
entry |2 pages
FDDI (Fiber Distributed Data Interface)
entry |1 pages
FDDI 2
entry |1 pages
FDMA (Frequency Division Multiple Access)
entry |1 pages
FEC (Forward Error Correction)
entry |1 pages
FED (Field Emission Display)
entry |1 pages
Federal Communications Commission (See FCC.) Federal Information Processing Standards (See FIPS.) Feedback
entry |2 pages
FEP (Front-End Processor)
entry |1 pages
FHSS (Frequency-Hopping Spread Spectrum)
entry |1 pages
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
entry |1 pages
FICON (Fiber Connectivity)
entry |2 pages
Field
entry |1 pages
Field Emission Display (See FED.) Field Frequency (Field Rate)
entry |1 pages
Field Rate (Frequency) (See Field Frequency.) FIFO (First in, First Out)
entry |1 pages
File
entry |1 pages
File Allocation Table (See FAT.) File Extension
entry |1 pages
File Server
entry |2 pages
File Sharing
entry |1 pages
File Transfer Protocol (See FTP.) Filter
entry |1 pages
FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards)
entry |2 pages
Firefox
entry |1 pages
Firewall
entry |1 pages
Firewire
entry |1 pages
Firmware
entry |1 pages
First in, First Out First Sale Doctrine
entry |2 pages
Fixed Satellite Service (See FSS.) Flag
entry |1 pages
Flame
entry |1 pages
Flash
entry |1 pages
Flash Memory
entry |1 pages
Flat-File Database
entry |1 pages
Flat-Panel Display
entry |2 pages
Flicker
entry |1 pages
Floppy Disk
entry |1 pages
Fly-Away
entry |1 pages
FM (Frequency Modulation)
entry |1 pages
FoIP (Fax Over IP)
entry |1 pages
Footprint (Satellite)
entry |1 pages
Forward Error Correction (See FEC.) Fourier Transform
entry |1 pages
FPS (Frames Per Second)
entry |1 pages
Fractal
entry |1 pages
Frame
entry |1 pages
Frame Buffer
entry |1 pages
Frame Grabber
entry |2 pages
Frame Rate
entry |1 pages
Frame Relay
entry |1 pages
Frame Store (See Frame Buffer.) Frames Per Second (See fps.) FreeBSD
entry |1 pages
Freeware
entry |1 pages
Frequency
entry |1 pages
Frequency Allocation
entry |2 pages
Frequency Division Multiple Access (See FDMA.) Frequency Division Multiplexing (See FDM and FDMA.) Frequency Hopping
entry |1 pages
Frequency-Hopping Spread Spectrum (See FHSS.) Frequency Modulation (See FM.) Frequency Response
entry |2 pages
Frequency Reuse
entry |1 pages
Frequency Shift Keying (See FSK.) Frequently Asked Question (See FAQ.) Front End Processor (See FEP.) FSK (Frequency Shift Keying)
entry |1 pages
FSS (Fixed Satellite Service)
entry |1 pages
FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
entry |1 pages
FTTC (Fiber to the Curb)
entry |1 pages
FTTH (Fiber to the Home)
entry |1 pages
Full Duplex
entry |2 pages
Fuzzy Logic
letter 7|7 pages
G
entry |1 pages
Gain
entry |1 pages
Gateway
entry |1 pages
Gb (See Gigabit.) GB (See Gigabyte.) Gbps (Gigabits Per Second)
entry |1 pages
GCR (Ghost-Canceling Reference Signal)
entry |2 pages
General Public License (See GPL.) General-Purpose Interface (See GPI.) Generation
entry |1 pages
Geographic Information System (See GIS.) Geostationary Orbit
entry |1 pages
Ghost Canceling Reference Signal (See GCR.) GHz (See Gigahertz.) GIF (Graphics Interface Format)
entry |1 pages
Gigabit (Gb)
entry |1 pages
Gigabit Ethernet
entry |1 pages
Gigabit Point of Presence (See Gigapop.) Gigabits Per Second (See Gbps.) Gigabyte (GB)
entry |1 pages
Gigahertz (GHz)
entry |2 pages
Gigapop (Gigabit Point of Presence)
entry |1 pages
GIS (Geographic Information System)
entry |1 pages
G.Lite
entry |1 pages
Global Positioning System (See GPS.) Global Systems for Mobile Communications (See GSM.) GMT (Greenwich Mean Time)
entry |1 pages
Gnutella
entry |2 pages
entry |1 pages
GPI (General-Purpose Interface)
entry |1 pages
GPL (General Public License)
entry |1 pages
GPS (Global Positioning System)
entry |2 pages
Grade B Contour
entry |1 pages
Grand Alliance
entry |1 pages
Granularity
entry |1 pages
Graphical User Interface (See GUI.) Graphics Adapter
entry |2 pages
Graphics Interface Format (See GIF.) Greenwich Mean Time (See GMT.) Grid Computing
entry |1 pages
Ground (Grounding)
entry |1 pages
Ground Wave (See GW.) Group 3 Protocol
entry |1 pages
Groupware
entry |1 pages
GSM (Global Systems for Mobile Communications)
entry |1 pages
GSO (Geostationary Orbit)
entry |1 pages
Guard Band
entry |1 pages
GUI (Graphical User Interface)
entry |2 pages
GW (Ground Wave)
entry |1 pages
Gzip
letter 8|10 pages
H
entry |1 pages
HAAT (Height Above Average Terrain)
entry |1 pages
Hacker
entry |1 pages
Hammering
entry |1 pages
Handheld
entry |1 pages
Handset
entry |2 pages
Handshaking
entry |1 pages
Handwriting Recognition
entry |1 pages
Haptics
entry |1 pages
Hard Bounce
entry |1 pages
Hard Drive (or Hard Disk)
entry |1 pages
Hard Phone
entry |1 pages
Hardware
entry |2 pages
Harmonic Distortion
entry |1 pages
Harmonics
entry |1 pages
Hashing
entry |1 pages
HASL (Height Above Mean Sea Level)
entry |1 pages
HAVI (Home Audio/Video Interoperability)
entry |1 pages
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
entry |2 pages
HD-SDI (High-Definition Serial Digital Interface)
entry |1 pages
HDSL (High-Bit-Rate Digital Subscriber Loop)
entry |1 pages
HDTV (High-Definition Television)
entry |1 pages
HDTV-Ready
entry |1 pages
Head End
entry |2 pages
Header
entry |1 pages
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)]
entry |2 pages
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
entry |1 pages
High-Power Amplifier (See HPA.) Hit
entry |1 pages
Home Audio/Video Interoperability (See HAVI.) Home Automation
entry |1 pages
Home Page
entry |1 pages
Honeypot
entry |2 pages
Horizontal Blanking Interval (See HBI.) Host Computer
entry |1 pages
Hosting
entry |1 pages
Hot Site
entry |1 pages
Hotspot
entry |1 pages
Hot Swapping
entry |1 pages
HPA (High-Power Amplifier)
entry |1 pages
HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)
entry |1 pages
HTTP (Hypertext Transport Protocol)
entry |1 pages
HTTPd (HTTP Daemon)
entry |1 pages
HTTP Daemon (See HTTPd.) HTTPS (Secure HTTP)
entry |1 pages
Hub
entry |1 pages
Hue
entry |1 pages
Hybrid Fiber Coax (Coaxial Cable) (See HFC.) Hybrid Network
entry |2 pages
Hypercard
entry |1 pages
Hyperlink/Link
entry |1 pages
Hypermedia
entry |1 pages
Hypertext
entry |1 pages
Hypertext Markup Language (See HTML.)
letter 9|13 pages
I
entry |1 pages
IA (Intelligent Agent)
entry |1 pages
IBOC (in-Band On-Channel)
entry |1 pages
IC (Integrated Circuit)
entry |1 pages
ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers)
entry |1 pages
ICF (Internet Connection Firewall)
entry |2 pages
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)
entry |1 pages
Icon
entry |1 pages
ICQ
entry |1 pages
ICS (Internet Connection Sharing)
entry |1 pages
ID (Identifier)
entry |1 pages
iLife Suite
entry |1 pages
IM (See Instant Messaging.) Imac
entry |1 pages
Image Map
entry |1 pages
Image Processing
entry |1 pages
IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol)
entry |1 pages
Impedance (Z)
entry |1 pages
IM Worm
entry |1 pages
In-Band On-Channel (See IBOC.) In-Band Signaling
entry |1 pages
Inclined Orbit
entry |1 pages
Incremental Backup
entry |2 pages
Indeo
entry |1 pages
Indigo
entry |1 pages
Industrial, Scientific, and Medical (See ISM.) Information Appliance
entry |1 pages
Information Superhighway
entry |1 pages
Information Technology (See IT.) Infrared
entry |1 pages
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)
entry |1 pages
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
entry |1 pages
Interactive
entry |1 pages
Interactive Television (ITV)
entry |1 pages
Interactive Voice Response (See IVR.) Interconnect
entry |2 pages
Inter-Exchange (See IX.) Inter-Exchange Carrier (IXC)
entry |1 pages
Interface
entry |1 pages
Interference
entry |1 pages
Interlace Scanning
entry |1 pages
Inter-Lata
entry |2 pages
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
entry |1 pages
Internet Advertising
entry |2 pages
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
entry |1 pages
Interoperability
entry |1 pages
Interrupt Request (See IRQ.) Intra-LATA (Intra Local Access and Transport Area)
entry |2 pages
Intra Local Access and Transport Area (See Intra-Lata.) Intranet
entry |1 pages
I/O (Input/Output)
entry |1 pages
IoS (Internet Over Satellite)
entry |1 pages
IP (Internet Protocol)
entry |1 pages
IP (Internet Protocol) Address
entry |1 pages
IPO (See Initial Public Offering.) iPod
entry |1 pages
IPsec (IP Security)
entry |1 pages
IP (Internet Protocol) Spoofing
entry |1 pages
IP Telephony (See VoIP.) IRC (Internet Relay Chat)
entry |1 pages
IRD (Integrated Receiver/Decoder)
entry |1 pages
IRQ (Interrupt Request)
entry |1 pages
ISDB (Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting)
entry |2 pages
ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network)
entry |1 pages
ISM (Industrial, Scientific, and Medical)
entry |1 pages
ISO (International Standards Organization) 9001
entry |1 pages
ISO (International Standards Organization)Latin 1
entry |1 pages
Isosynchronous
entry |1 pages
ISP (Internet Service Provider)
entry |1 pages
IT (Information Technology)
entry |2 pages
ITFS (Instructional Television Fixed Service)
entry |1 pages
ITU (International Telecommunication Union)
entry |1 pages
ITV (See Interactive Television.) IVR (Interactive Voice Response)
entry |1 pages
IX (See Interference.)
letter 10|3 pages
J
entry |1 pages
Jabber
entry |1 pages
Jack
entry |1 pages
Java
entry |1 pages
Java Database Connectivity (See JDBC.) Javascript
entry |1 pages
JBoss
entry |2 pages
JDBC (Java Database Connectivity)
entry |1 pages
Jitter
entry |1 pages
Jitter Buffer
entry |1 pages
Joint Photographic Experts Group (See JPEG.) JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group)
entry |1 pages
J#
entry |1 pages
J2EE
entry |1 pages
Judder
entry |2 pages
Jukebox
letter 11|2 pages
K
entry |1 pages
k (Kilo)
entry |1 pages
Ka-Band
entry |1 pages
KB (See Kilobyte.) kbps (Kilobits Per Second)
entry |1 pages
Keying
entry |1 pages
Key Length
entry |1 pages
Key Logger
entry |1 pages
kHz (See Kilohertz.) Kilo (See K.) kilobits Per Second (See kbps.) Kilobyte (KB)
entry |1 pages
Kilohertz
entry |1 pages
Kilowatt (kW)
entry |1 pages
Kiosk
entry |1 pages
Knowbot (See Bot.) Ku-Band
letter 12|9 pages
L
entry |1 pages
Lamport Text Description Language (See LaTeX.) LAN (Local Area Network)
entry |1 pages
LAN Emulation
entry |1 pages
Land Mobile Communications
entry |1 pages
Large-Scale Integration (See LSI.) Laser (Light Amplification by Stimulation of Emission of Radiation)
entry |1 pages
LATA (Local Access and Transport Area)
entry |2 pages
LaTeX
entry |1 pages
Layer
entry |1 pages
L-Band
entry |1 pages
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)
entry |1 pages
LED (Light-Emitting Diode)
entry |1 pages
LEO (Low Earth Orbit)
entry |1 pages
Letterboxing
entry |1 pages
LF (Low Frequency)
entry |1 pages
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
entry |2 pages
Line of Sight
entry |1 pages
Line 21
entry |1 pages
Link
entry |1 pages
Link Budget
entry |1 pages
Link Farming
entry |1 pages
Linspire (Lindows)
entry |2 pages
Linux
entry |1 pages
Liquid Crystal Display (See LCD.) Liquid Crystal On Silicon (See LCoS.) Listserv
entry |1 pages
Lithium-ion Battery
entry |1 pages
LMDS (Local Multipoint Distribution System)
entry |1 pages
Load
entry |2 pages
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
entry |1 pages
Log-Off/Log-Out
entry |2 pages
Longhorn
entry |1 pages
Longley-Rice
entry |1 pages
Loopback
entry |1 pages
Loss
entry |1 pages
Lossless Compression
entry |1 pages
Lossy Compression
entry |2 pages
Low Earth Orbit (See LEO.) Low Frequency (See LF.) Low-Power Fm (See LPFM.) Low-Power Television (See LPTV.) LPFM (Low-Power FM)
entry |1 pages
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)
entry |2 pages
Lurker
entry |1 pages
Lynx
letter 13|14 pages
M
entry |1 pages
MAC (Media Access Control) Address
entry |1 pages
Machine Language
entry |1 pages
Macintosh
entry |1 pages
Macro
entry |1 pages
Magnetic Storage
entry |2 pages
Mailing List
entry |1 pages
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
entry |1 pages
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
entry |2 pages
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)
entry |1 pages
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
entry |1 pages
Medium Frequency (See MF.) Megabit (Mb)
entry |1 pages
Megabyte (MB)
entry |1 pages
Memory
entry |1 pages
Memory Key
entry |1 pages
Messaging Application Programming Interface (See MAPI.) Metadata
entry |1 pages
Meta-Searcher
entry |2 pages
Meta-Tag
entry |1 pages
Metcalfe's Law
entry |1 pages
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
entry |1 pages
Microcomputer
entry |2 pages
Microdisplay
entry |1 pages
Micron (Micrometer)
entry |1 pages
Micrometer (See Micron.) Microprocessor
entry |1 pages
Microsoft DOS (See MS-DOS.) Microsoft Passport
entry |2 pages
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
entry |2 pages
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
entry |1 pages
Multiple System Operator (See MSO.) Multiplexer (See MUX.) Multiplexing
entry |1 pages
Multipoint Control Unit (See MCU.) Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (See MIME.) Multi-Sync Monitor
entry |1 pages
Multitasking
entry |1 pages
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)
entry |1 pages
Must-Carry
entry |1 pages
MUX (Multiplexer)
entry |1 pages
MySQL
letter 14|8 pages
N
entry |1 pages
Nano
entry |1 pages
Nanosat
entry |1 pages
Nanosecond
entry |1 pages
Nanotechnology
entry |1 pages
NAPLPS [North American Presentation Level Protocol Standard (or Syntax)]
entry |1 pages
Napster
entry |2 pages
Narrowband
entry |1 pages
NAT (Network Address Translation)
entry |1 pages
National Radio Systems Committee (See NRSC.) National Television System Committee (See NTSC.) Natural Language
entry |1 pages
Nc (See Network Computer.) Near Video On Demand (See NVOD.) Near-Instantaneous Companding Audio Multiplex (See NICAM.) Nest
entry |1 pages
.NET
entry |2 pages
Netiquette
entry |1 pages
Netmeeting
entry |1 pages
Netscape
entry |1 pages
Netware
entry |1 pages
Network
entry |1 pages
Network Address Translation (See NAT.) Network Computer (NC)
entry |1 pages
Network File System (NFS)
entry |1 pages
Network Interface
entry |1 pages
Network Interface Card (See NIC.) Network Layer
entry |1 pages
Network Server
entry |1 pages
Neural Network
entry |1 pages
Newsgroup
entry |1 pages
Next-Generation Internet (NGi)
entry |1 pages
Next-Generation Secure Computing Base (See NGSCB.) NFS (See Network File System.) NGI (See Next-Generation Internet.) NGSCB (Next Generation Secure Computing Base)
entry |1 pages
NIC (Network Interface Card)
entry |1 pages
NiCad (Nickel-Cadmium)
entry |1 pages
NICAM (Near-Instantaneous Companding Audio Multiplex)
entry |2 pages
Nickel Cadmium (See NiCad.) Nickel-Metal-Hybrid (NiMH) Battery (See NiMH Battery.) Nielsen//Netratings
entry |1 pages
NIER (Non-Ionizing Electromagnetic Radiation)
entry |1 pages
NiMH (Nickel-Metal-Hybrid) Battery
entry |1 pages
NLE (Nonlinear Editing)
entry |1 pages
Node
entry |1 pages
NOI (Notice of Inquiry)
entry |1 pages
Noise
entry |2 pages
Noise Reduction
entry |1 pages
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)
entry |1 pages
NRSC (National Radio Systems Committee)
entry |1 pages
NTSC (National Television System Committee)
entry |2 pages
NTSC Video Signal
entry |1 pages
Number Portability
entry |1 pages
NVOD (Near Video On Demand)
entry |1 pages
Nyquist Frequency
letter 15|6 pages
O
entry |1 pages
Object
entry |1 pages
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)
entry |1 pages
OC (Optical Carrier) Layer
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OCR (Optical Character Recognition)
entry |1 pages
ODBC (Open Database Connectivity)
entry |1 pages
ODC (On-Demand Computing)
entry |2 pages
OEB (See Open Ebook Standard.) OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer)
entry |1 pages
Off-Line
entry |1 pages
Ohm's Law
entry |1 pages
OLE (Object Linking and Embedding)
entry |1 pages
On Demand
entry |1 pages
On-Demand Computing (See ODC.) Online
entry |1 pages
Online Forum
entry |2 pages
On-the-Fly Page
entry |1 pages
OOP (Object-Oriented Programming)
entry |1 pages
Open Architecture
entry |1 pages
Open Database Connectivity (See ODBC.) Open Ebook Standard (OEB)
entry |1 pages
OpenGl
entry |1 pages
Open Relay
entry |1 pages
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
entry |1 pages
Operating System (OS)
entry |1 pages
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
entry |1 pages
OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) Model
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OS/2 (Operating System 2)
entry |1 pages
Out-of-Band Signaling
entry |2 pages
Overlay
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Overload
entry |1 pages
Overscan
letter 16|18 pages
P
entry |1 pages
PABX (Private Automatic Branch Exchange)
entry |1 pages
Packet
entry |1 pages
Packet-Switched Public Data Network (See PSPDN.) Packet Switching
entry |1 pages
Page Hypertext Pre-Processor (See PHP.) PageRank
entry |2 pages
Paging
entry |1 pages
PAL (Phase-Alternating Line)
entry |1 pages
PAM (Pulse Amplitude Modulation)
entry |1 pages
Pan and Scan
entry |1 pages
Parallel Port
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Parallel Processing
entry |1 pages
Parity Bit
entry |2 pages
Password
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Patch Panel
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Path
entry |1 pages
Pathfinding
entry |1 pages
Payload
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Paypal
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Pay Per View (See PPV.) PBX (Private Branch Exchange)
entry |1 pages
PC (Personal Computer)
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PCM (Pulse Code Modulation)
entry |1 pages
PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card International Association)
entry |1 pages
PCS (Personal Communications Service)
entry |1 pages
PDA (Personal Digital Assistant)
entry |2 pages
PDF (See Portable Document Format.) PEAP (Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol)
entry |1 pages
Peer-to-Peer (P2P)
entry |1 pages
PEL (Picture Element) (See Pixel.) Perigee
entry |1 pages
Peripheral
entry |1 pages
PERL (Practical Extraction and Report Language)
entry |2 pages
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
entry |1 pages
P-Frame
entry |1 pages
Pharming
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Phase-Alternating Line (See PAl.) Phased Array
entry |2 pages
Phase Modulation (See PM.) Phase-Shift Keying (See PSK.) Phishing
entry |1 pages
PhotoCD
entry |1 pages
Photodetector
entry |1 pages
Photonics
entry |1 pages
PHP (Hypertext Pre-Processor)
entry |1 pages
Physical Layer
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PICT (Picture Format File)
entry |1 pages
Picture Element (PEL) (See Pixel.) Picture (PICT) File Format (See PICT.) Picture-in-Picture (See PIP.) PIN (Personal Identification Number)
entry |2 pages
Pincushioning
entry |1 pages
PIN Diode (Positive Intrinsic Negative Diode)
entry |1 pages
PIP (Picture in Picture)
entry |1 pages
Pixel (Picture Element)
entry |1 pages
PKI (Public-Key Infrastructure)
entry |1 pages
Plain-Old Telephone Service (See POTS.) Plain-Text File
entry |1 pages
Plasma Display
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Platform
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Playback Head
entry |1 pages
Plotter
entry |1 pages
Plug and Play
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Plug-In
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PM (Phase Modulation)
entry |1 pages
PNG (Portable Network Graphics)
entry |2 pages
Podcasting
entry |1 pages
Point to Multipoint
entry |1 pages
Point to Point
entry |1 pages
Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)
entry |1 pages
Point of Presence (See POP.) Point-to-Point Over Ethernet (See PPPoE.) Point-to-Point Protocol (See PPP.) Polarity
entry |1 pages
Polarization
entry |1 pages
Polar Orbit
entry |1 pages
POP (Point of Presence)
entry |1 pages
POPS (Populations)
entry |1 pages
Populations (See POPS.) Pop-Under
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Pop-Up
entry |1 pages
Port
entry |1 pages
Port Probe
entry |1 pages
Port Replicator
entry |2 pages
Portable Document Format (PDF)
entry |1 pages
Portable Media Center
entry |1 pages
Portable Network Graphics (PNG) File Format (See Png File Format.) Positive Intrinsic Negative Diode (See PIN.) Post
entry |1 pages
Post House
entry |1 pages
Postproduction
entry |1 pages
POTS (Plain-Old Telephone Service)
entry |1 pages
PPP (See Point-to-Point Protocol.) PPPoE (Point-to-Point Over Ethernet)
entry |1 pages
PPV (Pay Per View)
entry |2 pages
Practical Extraction and Report Language (See Perl.) Pre-Boot Execution Environment (See PXE.) Pre-Production
entry |1 pages
Presence
entry |1 pages
Presentation Layer (See OSI.) PRI (Primary Rate Interface)
entry |1 pages
Primary Color
entry |1 pages
Primary Rate Interface (See PRI.) PRN (See Pseudo-Random Noise.) Printer
entry |1 pages
Private Network
entry |1 pages
Privatization
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Private Automatic Branch Exchange (See PABX.) Private Branch Exchange (See PBX.) PRN (Pseudo-Random Noise)
entry |1 pages
Processor
entry |1 pages
Product Activation
entry |1 pages
Program
entry |1 pages
Program and System Information Protocol (See PSIP.) Programmable Read-Only Memory (See PROM.) Progressive Scanning
entry |1 pages
PROM (Programmable Read-Only Memory)
entry |1 pages
Propagation
entry |1 pages
Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol (See PEAP.) Protocol
entry |1 pages
Proximity Operator
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Proxy Server
entry |1 pages
PSC (Public Service Commission)
entry |1 pages
Pseudo-Random Noise (See Prn.) PSIP (Program and System Information Protocol)
entry |1 pages
PSK (Phase-Shift Keying)
entry |1 pages
PSPDN (Packet Switched Public Data Network)
entry |1 pages
PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network)
entry |2 pages
P2P (See Peer to Peer.) Public Domain
entry |1 pages
Public-Key Cryptography
entry |1 pages
Public-Key Infrastructure (See PKI.) Public Network
entry |1 pages
Public Service Commission (See PSC.) Public Switched Telephone Network (See PSTN.) Public Utilities Commission (See PUC.) PUC (Public Utilities Commission)
entry |1 pages
Pulse Amplitude Modulation (See PAM.) Pulse Code Modulation (See PCM.) Pulse Width Modulation (See PWM.) Push Technology
entry |1 pages
PVC (Permanent Virtual Circuit)
entry |2 pages
PVR (See Personal Video Recorder.) PWM (Pulse Width Modulation)
entry |1 pages
PXE (Pre-Boot Execution Environment)
entry |1 pages
Python
letter 17|2 pages
Q
entry |1 pages
QA (Quality Assurance)
entry |1 pages
QAM (Quadrature Amplitude Modulation)
entry |1 pages
QoS (Quality of Service)
entry |1 pages
QPSK (Quadature Phase-Shift Keying)
entry |1 pages
Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (See QAM.) Quadature Phase-Shift Keying (See QPSK.) Quality
entry |1 pages
Quality Assurance (See QA.) Quality of Service (See QoS.) Quantization
entry |2 pages
Query String
entry |1 pages
Queuing
entry |1 pages
Quicktime
entry |1 pages
Quicktime VR
entry |1 pages
Qwerty Keyboard
letter 18|8 pages
R
entry |1 pages
Radio
entry |1 pages
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)
entry |1 pages
RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Drives)
entry |1 pages
RAM (Random-Access Memory)
entry |2 pages
Random-Access Memory (See RAM.) Rate
entry |1 pages
RBDS (Radio Broadcast Data System)
entry |1 pages
RBOC (Regional Bell Operating Company)
entry |1 pages
RCA Connector
entry |1 pages
R-DAT (Rotating-Head Digital Audio Recorder)
entry |1 pages
RDS (Radio Data System)
entry |1 pages
Read-Only
entry |2 pages
Read-Only Memory (See ROM.) Really Simple Syndication, Rich Site Summary (See RSS.) RealMedia
entry |1 pages
RealNetworks (See Streaming Medium.) Real Time
entry |1 pages
Reboot
entry |1 pages
Receiver
entry |1 pages
Record Head
entry |1 pages
Recycle Bin
entry |1 pages
Red-Green-Blue (See RGB.) Reduced Instruction Set Computing (See RISC.) Redundancy
entry |2 pages
Redundant Array of Independent Drives (See RAID.) Reengineering
entry |1 pages
Refresh Rate
entry |1 pages
Regional Bell Operating Company (See Rboc.) Registered Jack (See RJ.) Registry
entry |1 pages
REL (Rights Expression Language)
entry |1 pages
Relational Database
entry |1 pages
Relay
entry |2 pages
Remote Authentication Dial-in User Service (See RADIUS.) Remote Sensing
entry |1 pages
Remote Wake-Up
entry |1 pages
Repeater
entry |1 pages
Repetitive Strain Syndrome (RSI)
entry |1 pages
Replication
entry |2 pages
Request for Comment (See RFC.) Resistor
entry |1 pages
Resolution
entry |1 pages
Resource Locking
entry |1 pages
Retransmission Consent
entry |1 pages
RF (Radio Frequency) Spectrum
entry |1 pages
RFC (Request for Comment)
entry |1 pages
RFI (Radio Frequency Interference)
entry |1 pages
RFR (Radio Frequency Radiation)
entry |1 pages
RGB (Red-Green-Blue)
entry |1 pages
Rich Text Format (RTF)
entry |1 pages
Rights Expression Language (See REL.) Ring Network (See Token Ring.) Ripping
entry |1 pages
RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computing)
entry |1 pages
RJ (Registered Jack)
entry |1 pages
Roaming
entry |1 pages
ROM (Read-Only Memory)
entry |2 pages
Rotating-Head Digital Audio Recorder (See R-DAT.) Round-Robin DNs
entry |1 pages
Round-Robin Domain Name System (See Round-Robin DNS.) Router
entry |1 pages
Routing
entry |1 pages
RSI (See Repetitive Strain Syndrome.) RSS (Really Simple Syndication, Rich Site Summary)
entry |1 pages
RS-232
entry |1 pages
RTF (See Rich Text Format.) Runtime Error
letter 19|24 pages
S
entry |1 pages
Safari
entry |1 pages
Sampling
entry |1 pages
Sampling Frequency (Sampling Rate)
entry |1 pages
Sampling Rate (See Sampling Frequency.) SAP (Service Access Point; Systems, Applications, and Products)
entry |2 pages
Satellite
entry |1 pages
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
entry |1 pages
Sat Phone
entry |1 pages
Saturation
entry |1 pages
S-Band
entry |1 pages
SCA (Subsidiary Communications Authorization)
entry |2 pages
Scalability
entry |1 pages
Scan Line
entry |1 pages
Scanning
entry |1 pages
SCC (See Specialized Common Carrier.) SCMS (Serial Copy Management System)
entry |1 pages
SCPC (Single Channel Per Carrier)
entry |1 pages
Scrambling
entry |2 pages
Screen Real Estate
entry |1 pages
Screen Saver
entry |1 pages
Script Kiddie
entry |1 pages
SCSI (Small Computer Systems Interface)
entry |1 pages
SDARS (Satellite Digital Audio Radio Service)
entry |1 pages
SDI (Serial Digital Interface)
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SDTV (Standard Definition Television)
entry |1 pages
Sea Launch
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Search and Replace
entry |1 pages
Search Engine
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Search Engine Spam
entry |1 pages
SECAM [Sequential Couleur Avec Memoire (Sequential Color with Memory)]
entry |1 pages
Secondary Colors
entry |1 pages
Sector
entry |1 pages
Secure Http (See HTTPS.) Secure Server
entry |1 pages
Secure Sockets Layer (See SSL.) Seek Time
entry |1 pages
Segue
entry |1 pages
Self-Diagnostic
entry |1 pages
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
entry |1 pages
Service Access Point; Systems, Applications, and Products (See SAP.) Service-Oriented Development
entry |1 pages
Servomechanism
entry |1 pages
Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) for Instant Messaging and Presence Leveraging (See SIMPLE.) Session Layer
entry |1 pages
Set-Top Box
entry |2 pages
Shareware
entry |1 pages
Shockwave
entry |1 pages
Shopping Cart
entry |1 pages
Short Message Service (See SMS.) Shortwave (See HF.) Shredder
entry |1 pages
SHVA/SHVIA (Satellite Home Viewer Act/Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act)
entry |1 pages
Sideband
entry |1 pages
Sidetone
entry |1 pages
.Sigfile
entry |1 pages
Signal
entry |1 pages
Signal Acquisition
entry |1 pages
Signaling
entry |1 pages
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)
entry |1 pages
SIMPLE [Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) for Instant Messaging and Presence Leveraging Extension]
entry |2 pages
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (See SMTP.) Simple Network Management Protocol (See SNMP.) Simple Object Access Protocol (See SOAP.) Simplex
entry |1 pages
Single Channel Per Carrier (See SCPC.) Single in-Line Memory Module (See SIMM.) Single Mode
entry |1 pages
Single Point of Failure (See SPOF.) Single Sign-On
entry |1 pages
Site
entry |1 pages
Site License
entry |1 pages
Site Map
entry |2 pages
Skunkworks
entry |1 pages
Slack Space
entry |1 pages
Slamming
entry |1 pages
Slave
entry |1 pages
Slot
entry |1 pages
Small Computer Systems Interface (See SCSI.) Small Office/Home Office (See SOHO.) Smart Appliance
entry |1 pages
Smart Card
entry |2 pages
Smart Home
entry |1 pages
Smart Phone
entry |1 pages
Smatv (Satellite Master Antenna Television)
entry |1 pages
Smr (Specialized Mobile Radio)
entry |1 pages
Sms (Short Message Service)
entry |1 pages
SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) (See Internet Protocol.) SMTPE (Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers)
entry |1 pages
Snail Mail
entry |2 pages
Sneakernet
entry |1 pages
SNG (Satellite News Gathering)
entry |1 pages
Sniffer
entry |1 pages
SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol)
entry |1 pages
SNR (See Signal-to-Noise Ratio.) S/N (Signal-to-Noise) Ratio
entry |1 pages
SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol)
entry |2 pages
Social Engineering
entry |1 pages
Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (See SMTPE.) Soft Bounce
entry |1 pages
Soft Phone
entry |1 pages
Software
entry |1 pages
SOHO (Small Office/Home Office)
entry |1 pages
Solar Fade
entry |2 pages
SONET (Synchronous Optical Network)
entry |1 pages
Source Code
entry |1 pages
Spam
entry |1 pages
SPARCstation
entry |1 pages
Specialized Common Carrier (SCC)
entry |1 pages
Specialized Mobile Radio (See SMR.) Spectrum
entry |2 pages
Speech Recognition (Voice Activation)
entry |1 pages
Spider
entry |1 pages
Spim
entry |1 pages
Splicing
entry |1 pages
SPOF (Single Point of Failure)
entry |1 pages
Spoiler
entry |1 pages
Spooler
entry |1 pages
Spot Beam
entry |2 pages
Spreadsheet
entry |2 pages
Spread Spectrum
entry |1 pages
Spyware
entry |1 pages
SQL (Structured Query Language)
entry |1 pages
SQL (Structured Query Language) Server
entry |2 pages
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)
entry |1 pages
SS7 (Signaling System 7) Protocol
entry |1 pages
Stack
entry |1 pages
Standard Definition Television (See SDTV.) Standards Setting
entry |2 pages
Star Topology
entry |1 pages
Station
entry |1 pages
Steganography
entry |1 pages
Stereo
entry |1 pages
STL (Studio Transmitter Link)
entry |1 pages
Storage
entry |2 pages
Streaming Media
entry |1 pages
Strong Password
entry |1 pages
Structured Query Language (See SQL.) Studio Transmitter Link (See STL.) Stylus
entry |1 pages
Subcarrier
entry |1 pages
Subnet
entry |1 pages
Subscriber Line
entry |2 pages
Subsidiary Communications Authorization (See SCA.) Supercomputer
entry |1 pages
Super Vhs (See S-VHS.) Super Video Graphics Adapter (See SVGA.) Surround Sound
entry |1 pages
SVGA (Super Video Graphics Adapter)
entry |1 pages
S-VHS (Super Vhs)
entry |1 pages
S-Video
entry |1 pages
Switch
entry |1 pages
Switched Network
entry |1 pages
Synchronous Transmission
entry |1 pages
Synchronous Optical Network (See SONET.) SYNDEX (Syndicated Exclusivity)
entry |1 pages
Syndicated Exclusivity (See SYNDEX.) Sysadmin
entry |1 pages
SYSOP (Systems Operator)
entry |1 pages
Systems Operator (See SYSOP.)
letter 20|12 pages
T
entry |1 pages
TA (Terminal Adapter)
entry |1 pages
Table
entry |1 pages
Tablet PC (Tablet Personal Computer)
entry |1 pages
Tagged Image File Format (See TIFF.) Tandem Office
entry |1 pages
Tariff
entry |1 pages
TBC (Time-Base Corrector)
entry |1 pages
T-Carrier
entry |1 pages
TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol)
entry |1 pages
TDM (Time Division Multiplexing)
entry |1 pages
TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access)
entry |1 pages
Technobabble
entry |1 pages
Telco
entry |1 pages
Telecommunications
entry |2 pages
Telecommunications Act of 1996
entry |1 pages
Telecommunications Network (See TELNET.) Telecommuting
entry |1 pages
Teleconference
entry |1 pages
Telephony
entry |1 pages
Teleport
entry |1 pages
Telepresence
entry |2 pages
Teletext
entry |1 pages
Television Personal Computer/Personal Computer Television (See TVPC/PCTV.) TELNET (Telecommunications Network)
entry |1 pages
Telstar
entry |1 pages
Template
entry |1 pages
Terabit
entry |1 pages
Teraflop
entry |1 pages
Terminal
entry |1 pages
Terminal Adapter (See TA.) Terminal Emulation
entry |1 pages
Terminator
entry |1 pages
Terrestrial
entry |2 pages
Text File
entry |1 pages
Text Messaging
entry |1 pages
TFT (Thin Film Transistor)
entry |1 pages
Thermal Mapping
entry |1 pages
Thin Client (See Network Computer.) Thin Film Transistor (See TFT.) Thinnet
entry |1 pages
Threaded Discussion
entry |1 pages
Throughput
entry |1 pages
Tie Line
entry |1 pages
TIFF (Tagged Image File Format)
entry |1 pages
Tilde (“∼”)
entry |1 pages
Time-Base Corrector (See TBC.) Time Code
entry |2 pages
Time Code Generator
entry |1 pages
Time Division Multiple Access (See TDMA.) Time Division Multiplexing (TDM)
entry |1 pages
Time Shift
entry |1 pages
TiVo
entry |1 pages
Token Ring
entry |1 pages
Toll Office
entry |1 pages
Tomcat
entry |2 pages
T-1 Connection
entry |1 pages
Topology
entry |1 pages
Touchpad
entry |1 pages
Touch Screen
entry |1 pages
TP (See Twisted Pair.) Trackball
entry |1 pages
Traffic
entry |1 pages
Traffic Engineering
entry |1 pages
Transaction Authority Markup Language (XAML)
entry |2 pages
Transceiver
entry |1 pages
Transcoding
entry |1 pages
Transformer
entry |1 pages
Transistor
entry |1 pages
Translator
entry |1 pages
Transmission
entry |1 pages
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (See TCP/IP.) Transmitter
entry |1 pages
Transparent Mode
entry |1 pages
Transponder
entry |1 pages
Transport Layer
entry |1 pages
Treo
entry |1 pages
Trial Version
entry |1 pages
Trigger
entry |1 pages
Triple DES (Triple Data Encryption Standard)
entry |1 pages
Trojan Horse
entry |2 pages
True Color
entry |1 pages
Trunk Line
entry |1 pages
T-3 Connection
entry |1 pages
Tuner
entry |1 pages
Turing Test
entry |1 pages
Turnkey
entry |2 pages
TV (Television)
entry |1 pages
TVPC/PCTV (Television Personal Computer/Personal Computer Television)
entry |1 pages
Tweening
entry |1 pages
Twisted Pair (TP)
entry |1 pages
Two-Way
letter 21|5 pages
U
entry |1 pages
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)
entry |2 pages
Unicast
entry |1 pages
Unicode
entry |1 pages
Uniform Resource Locator (See URl.) Uninterruptible Power Supply (See UPS.) Unique User
entry |1 pages
Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration (See UDDI.) Universal Remote
entry |1 pages
Universal Serial Bus (See USB/USB2.) UNIX
entry |1 pages
Unspecified Bit Rate (See UBR.) Upconverter
entry |2 pages
Uplink
entry |1 pages
Upload
entry |1 pages
UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply)
entry |1 pages
Upstream
entry |1 pages
Uptime
entry |1 pages
URL (Uniform Resource Locator)
entry |1 pages
USB/USB2 (Universal Serial Bus)
entry |2 pages
Usenet
entry |1 pages
User Id (User Identification)
entry |1 pages
User Interface (UI)
entry |2 pages
User Friendly
entry |1 pages
User Session
entry |1 pages
User Network Interface (See UNI.) UTC (Coordinated Universal Time)
entry |1 pages
UXGA (Ultra Extended Graphics Array)
letter 22|8 pages
V
entry |1 pages
Value-Added Network (VAN)
entry |1 pages
VAN (See Value-Added Network.) Vaporware
entry |1 pages
Variable Bit Rate (See VBR.) VBI (Vertical Blanking Interval)
entry |1 pages
VBR (Variable Bit Rate)
entry |1 pages
VC (See Virtual Channel.) V-Chip
entry |1 pages
VCR (Video Cassette Recorder)
entry |1 pages
Vector Graphics
entry |1 pages
Vectorscope
entry |2 pages
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)
entry |1 pages
VHS (Video Home System)
entry |1 pages
Video
entry |1 pages
Video Bit Stream
entry |1 pages
Video Capture
entry |1 pages
Video Capture Card
entry |1 pages
Video Cassette Recorder (See VCR.) Video Codec
entry |2 pages
Video Compression
entry |1 pages
Videoconferencing
entry |1 pages
Video Home System (See VHS.) Video On Demand (See VOD.) Video Ram (See VRAM.) Video Server
entry |1 pages
Videotape Recorder (See VTR.) Video Terminal 100 (See vt100.) Viewer
entry |1 pages
Virtual
entry |1 pages
Virtual Channel (VC)
entry |1 pages
Virtual Circuit
entry |1 pages
Virtual Community
entry |1 pages
Virtual Honeypot
entry |1 pages
Virtual Path (VP)
entry |1 pages
Virtual Private Network (VPN)
entry |1 pages
Virtual Reality (VR)
entry |2 pages
Virtual Reality Modeling Language (See VRML.) Virtual Set
entry |1 pages
Virtual Space
entry |1 pages
Virtual Walkthrough
entry |1 pages
Virus
entry |1 pages
Visible Light
entry |1 pages
Vista
entry |1 pages
VLSI (Very Large-Scale Integration)
entry |2 pages
V.90
entry |1 pages
VOD (Video On Demand)
entry |1 pages
Voice Activation/Recognition (See Speech Recognition.) Voice Grade
entry |1 pages
Voice Internet Protocol (See VoIP.) Voice Mail
entry |1 pages
Voice Response Unit (See VRU.) VoIP (Voice Internet Protocol)
entry |2 pages
VP (See Virtual Path.) VPN (See Virtual Private Network.) VR (See Virtual Reality.) VRAM (Video RAM)
entry |1 pages
VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling Language)
entry |1 pages
VRU (Voice Response Unit)
entry |1 pages
VSAT (Very Small Aperture Terminal)
entry |1 pages
VSB (Vestigial Sideband)
entry |1 pages
VTR (Videotape Recorder)
letter 23|7 pages
W
entry |1 pages
W (See Watt.) WAI (Web Accessibility Initiative)
entry |1 pages
WAN (Wide Area Network)
entry |1 pages
Warez
entry |1 pages
Warm Boot
entry |2 pages
Watermarking
entry |1 pages
WATs (Wide Area Telecommunications Service)
entry |1 pages
Watt
entry |1 pages
Waveform Monitor
entry |1 pages
Wavelength
entry |1 pages
WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access)
entry |1 pages
Wearable Computer
entry |1 pages
Web
entry |2 pages
Web Accessibility Initiative (See WAI.) Webmaster
entry |1 pages
Web Page
entry |1 pages
Web Server
entry |1 pages
Web Site
entry |1 pages
WebTV
entry |1 pages
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)
entry |1 pages
WfM (Wired for Management)
entry |2 pages
What you See is What you Get (See WYSIWYG.) Whiteboard
entry |1 pages
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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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