Often referred to as simply ecommerce (or e-commerce) the phrase is used to describe business that is conducted over the...
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Short for Multicast Backbone on the Internet, MBone is an extension to the Internet to support IP multicasting — two-way...
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A system that allows a person to pay for goods or services by transmitting a number from one computer to...
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Literally, on a circuit board. On-board memory, for example, refers to memory chips on the motherboard. On-board modems are modems...
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(1) To link a certain type of file to a specific application. In MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows environments, the file’s...
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Refers to the design of any system composed of separate components that can be connected together. The beauty of modular...
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What is Peripheral Component Interconnect? In most computing contexts, PCI stands for peripheral component interconnect, a local bus standard developed...
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Short for printed circuit board or expansion board.
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