.NET

.NET is a new strategy and framework for an upcoming programming model that aims at a convergence of applications with the web. Applications written once can be run on any platform and will interface with the web and bring all computing activities close to the web.

THU 26 APRIL 2007 |Featured in: Techtionary

3G

3G or Third Generation Wireless systems refers to the developments of the wireless technology, especially in the area of mobile communications. The first generation of mobile technology used a analog voice signaling and the second generation, presently in use, like the CDMA, TDMA, GSM.

MON 19 MARCH 2007 |Featured in: Techtionary

419er - Beware of that number

Advance fee fraud is a confidence trick in which the target is persuaded to advance relatively small sums of money in the hope of realizing a much larger gain. The most visible form is the Nigerian Letter or 419 fraud, named after the section of the Nigerian criminal code that it violates.

MON 06 NOV. 2006 |Featured in: Techtionary

A virtual private server

It is a method of partitioning a physical server computer into multiple servers such that each has the appearance and capabilities of running on its own dedicated machine.

WED 30 APRIL 2008 |Featured in: Techtionary

ASP

Application Service Provider is a new concept that is gaining ground fast due to the popularity of the Internet. An ASP is a service provider who offers access to applications and other related services over the internet which otherwise the enterprise has to acquire and place on its own resources.

MON 05 MARCH 2007 |Featured in: Techtionary

ATM - Not where you collect your cash

Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) is a cell relay, network and data link layer protocol which encodes data traffic into small (53 bytes; 48 bytes of data and 5 bytes of header information) fixed-sized cells.

WED 20 DEC. 2006 |Featured in: Techtionary

Access method

It  is a function of a mainframe operating system that enables access to data on disk, tape or other external devices

WED 23 JULY 2008 |Featured in: Techtionary

Address space

In computing, an address space defines a range of discrete addresses, each of which may correspond to a physical or virtual memory register, a network host, peripheral device, disk sector or other logical or physical entity

WED 23 JULY 2008 |Featured in: Techtionary

Adobe - The Killer App for Apple

Adobe Systems is an American computer software company headquartered in San Jose, California, United States that was founded in December 1982 by John Warnock and Charles Geschke. They founded Adobe after leaving Xerox PARC in order to further develop and commercialize the PostScript page description language.

TUE 21 NOV. 2006 |Featured in: Techtionary

Ajax – Not a way of keeping your web pages clean

What does Asynchronous Javascript And XML mean to you? Well to those at the sharp end of the digital revolution this would be made into the acronym ‘Ajax,’ and be used to describe one of the programming formats for developing interactive web pages. For a concise definition check out here.

MON 27 MARCH 2006 |Featured in: Techtionary

Algorithm

In mathematics, computing, linguistics and related disciplines, an algorithm is a sequence of instructions, often used for calculation and data processing

THU 24 JULY 2008 |Featured in: Techtionary

Analytical Engine

The analytical engine, an important step in the history of computers, was the design of a mechanical general-purpose computer by the British mathematician Charles Babbage

THU 24 JULY 2008 |Featured in: Techtionary

Anti-virus Warning!

I read on one of our competitor's websites recently about Microsoft’s forthcomingentry into the consumer anti-virus market.

THU 09 FEB. 2006 |Featured in: Techtionary

Apache HTTP Server

The Apache HTTP Server is a web server for Unix-like systems, Microsoft Windows, Novell NetWare and other operating systems. Apache is notable for playing a key role in the initial growth of the World Wide Web.

TUE 16 JAN. 2007 |Featured in: Techtionary

Application firewall

It limits the access which software applications have to the operating system services, and consequently to the internal hardware resources found in a computer, much as a car firewall limits access of heat, or even fire, to the passengers of the vehicle

WED 04 JUNE 2008 |Featured in: Techtionary

Application programming interface

The interface between something and everything else

FRI 07 DEC. 2007 |Featured in: Techtionary

Application security

It encompasses measures taken to prevent exceptions in the security policy of an application or the underlying system (vulnerabilities) through flaws in the design, development, or deployment of the application

WED 04 JUNE 2008 |Featured in: Techtionary

Application software

Application software is a subclass of computer software that employs the capabilities of a computer directly and thoroughly to a task that the user wishes to perform

FRI 25 JULY 2008 |Featured in: Techtionary

Asus

ASUSTeK Computer Incorporated (Asus)

MON 10 MARCH 2008 |Featured in: Techtionary

Authentication server

They are servers that provide authentication services to users or other systems. Users and other servers authenticate to such a server, and receive cryptographic tickets

THU 26 JUNE 2008 |Featured in: Techtionary