watchdog
A watchdog is a device used to protect a system from specific software or hardware failures that may cause the system to stop responding. The application is first registered with the watchdog device. Once the watchdog is running on your system the application must periodically send information to the watchdog device. If the device doesn't receive this signal within the set period of time it would execute the proper keystrokes to reboot the machine or restart the application.
Watchdog services are also available for Internet Web sites. In these instances the watchdog may be set to monitor your own Web site by attempting to access it from several different city or country locations at regular intervals. You could then view an online report of the connectivity or have the watchdog system e-mail you should it become inaccessible.
Some Web sites also offer readers a watchdog service where they receive instant e-mail notification when the Web site offering the service has been updated.
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Consumerization of IT
Consumerization of IT is a phrase used to describe the cycle of information technology (IT) emerging in the consumer market then spreading to...
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ERP - Enterprise Resource Planning
Short for enterprise resource planning, ERP is business management software that allows an organization to use a system of integrated applications...
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ecommerce remarketing
In email and online marketing, remarketing or ecommerce remarketing refers to the techniques, strategies and often the automated email...
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Mobile Device Management - MDM
Mobile device management (MDM) is a type of security software used by an IT department to monitor, manage and secure employee's mobile devices...
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search engines
Search engines are programs that search documents for specified keywords and returns a list of the documents where the keywords were found.
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Wi-Fi
A popular wireless networking technology that provides high-speed Internet and network connections.
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mobile operating system
The mobile operating system is the software platform on top of which other programs, called application programs, can run on mobile devices.
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enterprise application
An enterprise application is the term used to describe applications -- or software -- that a business would use to assist the organization in...
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open source
Generically, open source refers to a program in which the source code is available to the general public for use and/or modification from its...
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URL
Abbreviation of Uniform Resource Locator, the global ...
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RSA Secure ID
RSA SecurID ( “SecurID”) is a two-factor authentication technology that is used to protect network resources.
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