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UNCTADsearch for term
The UN Conference on Trade and Development.
Uplinksearch for term
The communication link from a transmitting earth station to a satellite.
Uploadsearch for term
To send a file from one computer or server to another.
URIsearch for term
Name and address of information--text, graphics, audio, video, and so forth--on the Interneti. A URIi usually identifies the application used to access the resource, the machine the resource is located on, and the file name of the resource. A Webpagei address or URLi is the most commonly used type of URI.
URLsearch for term
The address of a page on the World Wide Web.
Uruguay Roundsearch for term
Most of the WTO agreements are the result of the 1986-94 Uruguay Roundi negotiations, signed at the Marrakesh ministerial meeting in April 1994. There are about 60 agreements and decisions totalling 550 pages.
Utility Computingsearch for term
A pay-as-you-go model of computing. Instead of paying for computer resources to handle the peak load at all times, you pay only for the computing you use; analogous to an electric utility.
Utility Data Centersearch for term
An infrastructure solution proposed by HP that allows virtualization of computing resources for the data center. The Utility Data Centeri includes servers, storage, and networking products that are integrated and deployed by intelligent management software that allows them to be shared and dynamically re-provisioned to accommodate changing workloads.