Glossary
Printer-friendly version- Backbonesearch for term
- A primary communication path connecting multiple users.
- Bandsearch for term
- A range of frequencies between defined upper and lower limits.
- Bandwidthsearch for term
- The nformation carrying capacity of a communication channel.
- Baudsearch for term
- A measure of data transmission speed. At low speeds, baud is equal to the bits transmitted per second (bps). At higher speeds, one baud can represent more than one bit.
- BBSsearch for term
- An online community run on a host computer that users can dial or log into in order to post messages on public discussion boards, send and receive email, chat with other users, and upload and download files. BBSs are text-based and often related to the specific hobbies or interests of their creators.
- Binary codesearch for term
- A coding system made up of numbers expressed in base-2 notation, using only the digits 0 and 1.
- Bitsearch for term
- The most basic unit of information on a computer. In accordance with binary code, each bit is designated as either a 1 or a 0; all other information stored on the computer is composed of combinations of bits.
- Bladessearch for term
- A computing system that includes processors and memory on a single board, but where other resources such as power, cooling, network access, and storage services are shared. Bladesi are designed to be easily installed and removed and are typically smaller than rack-optimized servers.
- Blogsearch for term
- An extension of the personal Websitei consisting of regular journal-like entries posted on a Webpagei for public viewing. Blogs usually contain links to other Websites along with the thoughts, comments, and personality of the blog's creator.
- Bluetoothsearch for term
- A wireless networking technology using radio waves that enables users to send data and voice signals between electronic devices over short distances.
- BMCsearch for term
- The Budget and Management Committee (BMCi) advises the Senior Officials? Meeting (SOMi) on budgetary, administrative and managerial issues. Its key responsibility is to prepare the budget for APECi and recommend the approval of projects. The BMC also monitors and evaluates project management aspects of the operations of Committees and Working Groups and makes recommendations to SOM for improved efficiency and effectiveness.
- Broadbandsearch for term
- 1) In layperson's terms, high speed transmission of data. In this use, the specific speed that defines broadband is subjective; the word often implies any speed above what is commonly used at the time. 2) In technical terms, transmission over a network in which more than one signal is carried at a time. Broadbandi technology can transmit data, audio, and video all at once over long distances. See also narrowband.
- Browsersearch for term
- A software application that displays World Wide Web pages originally written in the text-based HTMLi language in a user-friendly graphical format.
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