Operating systems, Software, Programing Languages

CBT: Computer Based Training

NetworkDictionary — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:05:37 +0800

Computer-Based Training (CBT) is a type of training using a computer with a pre-build material. Typically, CBT program are build and delivered using a CD-ROM.

Database and Database Management System (DBMS)

NetworkDictionary — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:05:39 +0800

Database is a collection of information organized and presented to serve a specific purpose.

Data Mining

NetworkDictionary — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:05:41 +0800

Data Mining is the automated extraction of hidden predictive information from databases.

Database Warehouse

NetworkDictionary — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:05:43 +0800

A Data Warehouse is a subject-oriented data repository designed with enterprise-wide access in mind.

Distributed Application

NetworkDictionary — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:05:46 +0800

Distributed Application is a group of application made of distinct components running in separate runtime environments, usually on different platforms connected via a network.

ERP: Enterprise Resource Planning

NetworkDictionary — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:05:48 +0800

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), a term originally derived from material resource planning (MRP), is a business management and automation system that integrates multiple (or all) business processes.

NIS and NIS+: Network Information System

NetworkDictionary — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:05:50 +0800

Network Information Services (NIS), developed by Sun Microsystems with an original name of Yellow Page, is a network naming and administration system to centralize management of UNIX systems.

OLAP: Online Analytical Processing

NetworkDictionary — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:05:52 +0800

Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) is a type of software that provides analysis of data stored in a database or data warehouse.

Samba: Free File Sharing Software among Linux, Unix and Windows Systems

NetworkDictionary — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:05:54 +0800

Samba is an Open Source/Free Software suite that provides seamless file and print services to SMB/CIFS clients regardless which operating systems Linux, Unix, IBM system 390, Open VMS or Windows are based on.

WBT: Web Based Training

NetworkDictionary — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:05:56 +0800

Web-based training (WBT) is an approach to do distance learning using world-wide web technologies.

Web Services and Technologies

NetworkDictionary — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:05:59 +0800

Web services are a collection of distributed, reusable application components that selectively expose the functionality of business services and make that functionality available to applications through standardized Internet protocols.

COBRA: The Common Object Request Broker Architecture

NetworkDictionary — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:06:01 +0800

The Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA), an object oriented environment, is for building distributed object-oriented applications.

COM & DCOM: Component Object Model and Distributed Component Object Model

NetworkDictionary — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:06:03 +0800

Component Object Model (COM) refers to both a specification and implementation developed by Microsoft Corporation which provides a framework for integrating components.

DCE: Distributed Computing Environment

NetworkDictionary — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:06:06 +0800

The Distributed Computing Environment (DCE), developed and maintained by the Open Systems Foundation (now referred to as the Open Group).

Parallel Computing

NetworkDictionary — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:06:10 +0800

Parallel Computing is the simultaneous use of multiple compute resources to solve a computational problem.

Parallel Processing

NetworkDictionary — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:06:12 +0800

Parallel Computing is the simultaneous use of multiple compute resources to solve a computational problem.

PnP: Plug and Play

NetworkDictionary — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:06:15 +0800

Plug and Play (PnP) refers to the ability of a computer system to automatically configure expansion boards and other devices.

UPnP: Universal Plug and Play

NetworkDictionary — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:06:18 +0800

UPnP is an architecture for pervasive peer-to-peer network connectivity of intelligent appliances, wireless devices, and PCs of all form factors.

OOP: Object Oriented Programming

NetworkDictionary — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:06:20 +0800

Object-oriented programming (OOP) is a computer programming framework. The fundamental principle of object-oriented programming is that a computer program is composed of a collection of individual units, or objects which can function like sub-programs.

RSS: Really Simple Syndication

NetworkDictionary — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:06:23 +0800

Really Simple Syndication (RSS) is a lightweight XML format designed for sharing headlines and other Web content. RSS becomes a popular means of sharing content between sites.

WML: Wireless Markup Language

NetworkDictionary — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:06:25 +0800

Wireless Markup Language (WML) is a markup language based on XML (eXtensible Markup Language) used to construct web pages.

XML: Extensible Markup Language

NetworkDictionary — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:06:27 +0800

The Extensible Markup Language ( XML ), a subset of SGML, is a W 3C recommendation of special-purpose markup languages to facilitate the sharing of structured text and information across the Internet.

XML on a Chip

NetworkDictionary — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:06:30 +0800

As the lingua franca of the Internet, XML has become an indispensable part of IT infrastructure.

Cisco IOS: Internetwork Operating System

NetworkDictionary — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:06:32 +0800

Internetwork Operating System (IOS) is a Cisco proprietary core software package implemented on almost all Cisco routers and switches.

Ethereal: A Network Packet Sniffing Tool

NetworkDictionary — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:06:34 +0800

Ethereal is a popular computer network debugging and packet sniffer tool. Similar to tcpdump but with a well-designed GUI and many more information sorting and filtering options.

LAN Drivers

NetworkDictionary — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:06:36 +0800

A LAN driver is a software module designed as an interface between a Network Interface Card (NIC) and the upper layer software such as TCP/IP, IPX, NetBIOS, etc.

NDIS: Network Driver Interface Specification

NetworkDictionary — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:06:38 +0800

Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS) is a standard API of LAN drivers for "Network Interface Cards" (NIC's) developed by Microsoft.

Network Configuration Management

NetworkDictionary — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:06:41 +0800

Network configuration management refers to setting, changing, collecting and restoring information about network devices (bridges, routers, workstations, servers, switches and others).

Network Fault Management

NetworkDictionary — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:06:43 +0800

Network fault management, a key part of the today Network Management architecture, covers functions such as detect, isolate, determine the cause and correct malfunctions in a network.

NIS and NIS+: Network Information System

NetworkDictionary — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:06:45 +0800

Network Information Services (NIS), developed by Sun Microsystems with an original name of Yellow Page, is a network naming and administration system to centralize management of UNIX systems.

Network Performance Management

NetworkDictionary — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:06:48 +0800

Network performance management is for network capacity planning, providing usage based billing, understanding Quality of Service (QOS) of traffic.

Network Sniffer

NetworkDictionary — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:06:50 +0800

A Sniffer is a program and/or device that monitors data traveling over a network. Sniffers can be used both for legitimate network management functions and for stealing information off a network.

NOS: Network Operating System

NetworkDictionary — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:06:52 +0800

Network Operating System (NOS) is an operating system that includes special functions for connecting computers and devices into a local-area network (LAN) or Inter-networking.

ODI: Open Data-Link Interface

NetworkDictionary — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:06:57 +0800

Open Data-Link Interface (ODI) is Novell��s standard of LAN driver which allows multiple network protocols and adapters (physical boards) to be used simultaneous on the same client (workstation) or server.

Ping: Packet Internet Groper

NetworkDictionary — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:07:01 +0800

Ping is a popular TCP/IP network utility using the Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) to determine the availability and responsiveness of network hosts.

Protocol Analysis and Protocol Analyzer

NetworkDictionary — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:07:03 +0800

Ping is a popular TCP/IP network utility using the Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) to determine the availability and responsiveness of network hosts.

TCPDUMP: TCP/IP Packet Analysis Utility

NetworkDictionary — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:07:05 +0800

Tcpdump is a popular computer network debugging and security tool which allows the user to intercept and display TCP/IP packets being transmitted or received over a network to which the computer is attached.

Traceroute: A TCP/IP Packet Route Tracing Tool

NetworkDictionary — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:07:07 +0800

Traceroute, originally written by Van Jacobson in 1988, is a TCP/IP utility which allows the user to determine the route packets take to reach a particular host.

Traffic Management, Traffic Shaping and Traffic Engineering

NetworkDictionary — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:07:10 +0800

Traffic management refers to network bandwidth control and allocation, communication delay reduction and congestion minimization.

AIX: IBM Unix Operating System

NetworkDictionary — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:07:14 +0800

AIX is the IBM version of Unix operating system. AIX 5L V5.3, the latest release of AIX, is a 64-bit UNIX^© operating system for enterprise computing.

Operating Systems

NetworkDictionary — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:07:17 +0800

Operating System is the most fundamental program that runs on a computer, which keeps all components of a computer such as keyboard, display screen, memory, hard disk, CPU and application software working together.

MAC OS by Apple Computer

NetworkDictionary — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:07:19 +0800

MAC OS is the Macintosh operating system by Apple Computers. Mac OS X, the current release the MAC operating system, is comprised of six major components.

OS/2: IBM Operating System/2

NetworkDictionary — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:07:21 +0800

Operating System/2 (OS/2) is an operating system for PCs developed originally by Microsoft and IBM, but sold.

Virtual Machine

NetworkDictionary — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:07:23 +0800

Virtual Machine (VM) is a system that enables multiple operating systems concurrently run on a single physical server, providing for much more effective utilization of the underlying hardware

Virtual Server

NetworkDictionary — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:07:25 +0800

Virtual server appears as server with complete server functionalities. But it is not a real server without the dedicated server hardware system.

Windows Operating System

NetworkDictionary — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:07:27 +0800

Windows is a family of operating systems for personal computers developed by Microsoft.

FreeBSD: A Free and Open Source Unix Like System

NetworkDictionary — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:07:29 +0800

FreeBSD is a Unix-like operating system based on the 4.4BSD-Lite release from Computer Systems Research Group (CSRG) at the University of California at Berkeley.

Linux Operating System

NetworkDictionary — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:07:33 +0800

Linux, a UNIX clone, is a popular operating system with its kernel originally developed mainly by Linus Torvalds and released under the GNU General Public License and its source code is freely available to everyone.

Solaris Operating System: Unix Based OS by Sun Microsystems

NetworkDictionary — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:07:35 +0800

The Solaris Operating system of Sun Microsystems is based on the industry-standard UNIX system.

UNIX Operating System

NetworkDictionary — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:07:45 +0800

The word UNIX comes from Uniplexed Information and Computer System (UNICS). The UNIX operating system was designed to let multiple users access the computer at the same time and share its resources.

MAPI: Messaging Application Programming Interface

NetworkDictionary — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:07:42 +0800

Messaging Application Programming Interface (MAPI) defines a complete architecture for messaging applications

Middleware

NetworkDictionary — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:07:48 +0800

Middleware is a type of software that connects two otherwise separate applications or separate systems. Middleware provides a way for the to be connected systems to exchange information even though they might have very different interfaces.

NFS Gateways and CIFS/Samba: Performance and Data Transfer Rates

NetworkDictionary — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:07:51 +0800

What is the performance and data transfer rate of NFS gateways? How does DiskShare performance compare with competing products?

Softswitch

NetworkDictionary — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:07:54 +0800

Softswitch is the next generation voice and multimedia switch based on the IP technologies.

TAPI: Telephony Application Program Interface

NetworkDictionary — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:07:57 +0800

Telephony Application Program Interface (TAPI) is a standard API (Application Program Interface) enabling PCs running Microsoft Windows to use telephone services.