A feature of transaction processing systems that enables databases to be returned to the pre-transaction state if some error condition...

(1) Short for Electronic Software Distribution, a system for selling software over a network. ESD systems provide secure communications that...

Often referred to as simply ecommerce (or e-commerce) the phrase is used to describe business that is conducted over the...

Short for Multicast Backbone on the Internet, MBone is an extension to the Internet to support IP multicasting — two-way...

A system that allows a person to pay for goods or services by transmitting a number from one computer to...

Short for printed circuit board or expansion board.

Literally, on a circuit board. On-board memory, for example, refers to memory chips on the motherboard. On-board modems are modems...

(1) To link a certain type of file to a specific application. In MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows environments, the file’s...

Refers to the design of any system composed of separate components that can be connected together. The beauty of modular...

What is Peripheral Component Interconnect? In most computing contexts, PCI stands for peripheral component interconnect, a local bus standard developed...