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| ASP | - Application Service Provider. Instead of installing software “locally” on the hard drive of your PC, ASPs “host” it, making software available to end-users via the Internet from a central server. This often makes sense for companies that do not have IT staff of their own, but would like to take advantage of high-maintenance enterprise software, or for very expensive applications which can sometimes be “leased” from ASPs. |
| B2B | - Business-to-Business |
| B2C | - Business-to-Consumer |
| C2C | - Consumer-to-Consumer |
| DSL | - Digital Subscriber Line. DSL is an alternative to dial-up modems, allowing fast communication over existing copper phone lines. DSL has brought “broadband” Internet access to many homes over the past year. |
| DVD | - Digital Video Disc |
| DRM | - Digital Rights Management. DRM governs distribution of copyrighted material (see also IP - Intellectual Property) protecting it from illegal use. |
| Frame Rate | – The illusion of motion in film or video is created by rapidly displaying a sequential series of still images. Frame rate is the rate at which those pictures are displayed. Frame rate is measured in frames per second (fps). |
| HDTV | - High Definition Television |
| HTML | - HyperText Markup Language. The programming code that allows web
browses to “read” information from a server and display
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| IP | - Internet Protocol. IP is the protocol that is used to route data
from its source to its destination over the Internet (see protocol,
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| IP | - Intellectual Property. The right to control the use of original ideas, which can be patented and protected just like an original product design. IP is a rapidly evolving concept, redefined almost daily by the unprecedented ease with which art, sound, language, and information of all kinds can be copied and distributed. |
| ISP | - Internet Service Provider. The company that provides your connection to the Internet. AOL is one popular ISP. |
| IT | – Information Technology. Anything, absolutely anything, having to do with computers, computing languages, networks and data. |
| ITV | – Interactive Television. Television that allows the viewer to impact programming, e.g. choosing movies to watch, participating in game shows, etc. As digital cable becomes more widespread, interactive television will become a reality. |
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| LAN | - Local Area Network. LANs are now mostly found in offices, in schools or on campuses, but soon homes and cars will also have LANs to connect smart devices so that they can be controlled centrally. |
| MPEG | - Motion Picture Experts Group. The most popular standard for digital video. The "Motion Picture Experts Group" is an international organization that develops standards for encoding video. The MPEG standard only specifies a data model for the compression of moving pictures and for audio signals; MPEG is platform independent. There are currently four standards: MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 and MPEG-7. |
| MP3 | - Motion Picture Experts Group (MPEG) version 1, audio layer 3. A digital audio compression technology, popular because it speeds the transfer and storage of music files. |
| OEM | - Original Equipment Manufacturer Protocol - a set of rules or standard designed so that computers can exchange information with a minimum of errors. |
| PC | - Personal Computer. The laptops and desktops most people use today. Likely to be replaced by more application-specific computing devices as applications evolve. |
| PDA | - Personal Digital Assistant. A small computing device that stores phone numbers and appointments and often much more. Palm Pilots are one of the most popular. Sometimes called a palmtop. |
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| PVR | – Personal Video Recorder. Digital device that allows a viewer to record and manipulate television programming. Tivo is a common PVR. |
| Smart Device | – Any device or appliance that includes a computer which allows it to respond to the environment, to be programmed, or to be controlled remotely by the user. Examples include blinds that close at a certain hour, heating systems that automatically adjust room temperature for different times of day, home theater systems that can be accessed via network. |
| Smart home/office | – A home or office in which multiple smart devices are networked together for convenience and efficiency of operation. |
| STB | - set top box. The device that sits on your TV and brings content to it, like the one you might have for cable TV. An IP-STB is a set top box that carries digital media delivered by a computer network. |
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| VGA | - video graphics array. A computer monitor, or the video interface that provides signal to one. Often as opposed to a television set. |
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| WAN | - Wide Area Network. WAN is like a LAN on a larger scale. |
| WAP | - Wireless Application Protocol. WAP is a development standard based on Internet protocols optimized for delivering applications and services over wireless networks. |
| WLAN | - Wireless Local Area Network. WLAN is like a LAN without the wires.. |
| XML | - Extensible Markup Language. Unlike HTML which is a single programming language, XML is a language for describing other languages, allowing developers to define customized layout, type, functionality |
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