Glossary
Printer-friendly version- Data Centersearch for term
- A facility that provides a suitable environment (power, cooling, network connectivity, management services) for housing information technology equipment (servers, storage) and providing IT ervices and support to customers.
- DDAsearch for term
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The November 2001 declaration of the Fourth Ministerial Conference in Doha, Qatar, provides the mandate for negotiations on a range of subjects and other work, including issues concerning the implementation of the present agreements.
The negotiations include those on agriculture and services, which began in early 2000. A number of other issues have now been added. The declaration sets 1 January 2005 as the date for completing all but two of the negotiations. Negotiations on the Dispute Settlement Understanding are to end in May 2003; those on a multilateral register of geographical indications for wines and spirits, by the next Ministerial Conference in 2003. Progress is to be reviewed at the Fifth Ministerial Conference in Cancun, Mexico, 10-14 September 2003.
- Dial upsearch for term
- To open a connection between a user's computer and another computer via a modem.
- Dialoguessearch for term
- There a few industry-business dialogues in APECi. They serve as a forum for government officials and senior industry representatives to work together in their respective areas. These dialogues are-
Automotive Dialogue (since 1997)
Chemical Dialogue (since 1997)
High Level Policy Dialogue on Agricultural Biotechnology (since 2001)
Life Sciences Innovation Forumi (since 2003)
Non-Ferrous Metals Dialogue (since 2003) - Digital Dividesearch for term
- The gap that exists between those who can afford technology and those who cannot.
- Distance educationsearch for term
- Educational situation in which the instructor and students are separated by time, location, or both. Education or training courses are delivered to remote locations via synchronous or asynchronous means of instruction, including written correspondence, text, graphics, audio- and videotape, CD-ROMi, online learning, audio- and videoconferencing, interactive TV, and FAX. Distance educationi does not preclude the use of the traditional classroom. The definition of distance education is broader than and entails the definition of e-learning.
- Downloadsearch for term
- A file that's transferred or copied to a user's computer from another connected individual computer, a computer network, a commercial online service, or the Interneti. (verb) To transfer or copy a file to a user's computer from another connected individual computer, a computer network, a commercial online service, or the Internet.
- DVDsearch for term
- Optical disks that are the same size as CDs but are double-sided and have larger storage capacities.
- DVIsearch for term
- A format for recording digital video onto compact disk, allowing for compression and full-motion video.
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