Glossary
Printer-friendly version- GATTsearch for term
- The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATTi) covers international trade in goods. The workings of the GATT agreement are the responsibility of the Council for Trade in Goods (Goods Council) which is made up of representatives from all WTO member countries. The current chairperson is H.E. Mr. Vesa Tapani HIMANEN (Finland).
- GBsearch for term
- Just over one billion bytes. 1,000 megabytes.
- GFPNsearch for term
- The Gender Focal Point Networki (GFPNi) was established in October 2002. Its main objective is to advance the implementation of the Framework for the Integration of Women in APECi and the work of the SOMi Ad-hoc Advisory Group on Gender Integration (AGGI) in maintaining awareness of gender issues.
- GIFsearch for term
- The file format developed by CompuServe to store images. GIFs support 256 colors and are often used for Web images because they compress well.
- Gigabit and 10-Gigabit Ethernetsearch for term
- An Etherneti technology that raises transmission speed to either 1Gbps or 10Gbps and is compatible with existing Ethernet networks. Gigabit Ethernet is being deployed in large numbers in both corporate and public data networks, and an even faster 10-Gigabit Ethernet standard is nearing completion.
- Global Grid Forumsearch for term
- The standards body for defining standard specifications for global grids. www.gridforum.org
- Globalizationsearch for term
- 1) The tailoring of an offering to include clear, grammatically correct text that eliminates slang, gender references, and cultural or generational idioms. 2) The process of deploying a single system worldwide that meets a variety of needs. 3) Integrating several working systems into one.
- Globus Alliancesearch for term
- A group that conducts research and development for academic grids. The alliance, creators of the Globus Toolkiti, includes representatives from Argonne National Laboratory, the University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute, the University of Chicago, the University of Edinburgh, and the Swedish Center for Parallel Computers. www.globus.org
- Globus Toolkitsearch for term
- A kit designed by the Globus Alliancei to provide a set of tools based on standard grid APIs. Its latest development version, GT3, is based on standards currently being drafted by the Global Grid Forumi.
- GOSsearch for term
- APECi's Group on Services (GOSi) works on trade and investment liberalisation and facilitation issues related to trade in services, and coordinates APEC's work in this area.
- GPEGsearch for term
- The Government Procurement Experts Group (GPEGi) was established in 1995 to consider ways to increase transparency of government procurement markets in accordance with the goals of the Bogor Declaration. The GPEG?s work focuses on continuing the agreed process of voluntary reviews and reports by APECi Member Economies on the consistency of their government procurement framework with the APEC GPEG Non-Binding Principles (NBPs) on government procurement.
- GRID COMPUTINGsearch for term
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Grid computing is the coordinated use of a large number of servers and storage acting as one computer. With grid computing, businesses no longer need to worry about spikes in demand and the cost of maintaining excess capacity.
Computing power is now available whenever it's needed. Grids are built with low-cost modular components, so you can start small and preserve your investment as your business grows.
Like any technology, Grid Computing has a specialized lexicon of terms, acronyms, and concepts. To help you avoid confusion and better understand Grid Computing and what it means to your organization, this glossary includes more than two dozen grid specific words and their definitions.
- GUIsearch for term
- A computer interface using icons or pictures. For example, Windows.
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