April 2005

  • Open Service Gateway Initiative (OSGi)

    OSGi (Open Service Gateway Initiative) is an industry plan for a standard way to connect devices such as home appliances and security systems to the Internet.05 Apr 2005

  • line information database (LIDB)

    A line information database (LIDB) is a database maintained by the local telephone company that contains subscriber information, such as a service profile, name and address, and credit card validat...05 Apr 2005

  • vBNS (very high-speed Backbone Network Service)

    The vBNS (very high-speed Backbone Network Service) is a network that interconnects a number of supercomputer centers in the United States and is reserved for science applications requiring the mas...05 Apr 2005

  • teleportation

    Teleportation is the duplication or re-creation of physical objects or their properties using light beams, according to researchers at the California Institute of Technology.05 Apr 2005

  • SPID (Service Profile Identifier)

    A SPID (Service Profile Identifier) is a number assigned by a phone company to a terminal on an Integrated Services Digital Network B-channel.05 Apr 2005

  • last-mile technology

    Last-mile technology is any telecommunications technology that carries signals from the broad telecommunication backbone along the relatively short distance (hence, the "last mile") to and from the...05 Apr 2005

  • STDM (statistical time division multiplexing)

    STDM, or statistical time division multiplexing, is one method for transmitting several types of data simultaneously across a single transmission cable or line (such as a T1 or T3 line).05 Apr 2005

  • universal network

    The "universal network" is the idea of a single network that integrates the existing voice and public telecommunications network (including the Internet), cable TV, data networks, and video broadca...05 Apr 2005

  • virtual server

    On the Internet, a virtual server is a server (computer and various server programs) at someone else's location that is shared by multiple Web site owners so that each owner can use and administer ...05 Apr 2005

  • Webcast

    Also see push technology, another usage.05 Apr 2005

  • Undernet

    For terms frequently used in online keyboard chatting, see chat acronyms/IRC/BBS. According to its home page, the Undernet is the largest network of Internet Relay Channels (IRC) on the Internet.05 Apr 2005

  • Location Routing Number (LRN)

    In the U.S., a Location Routing Number (LRN) is a 10-digit number in a database called a Service Control Point (SCP) that identifies a switching port for a local telephone exchange.05 Apr 2005

  • Federation of Telecommunications Engineers of the European Community (FITCE)

    FITCE (Federation of Telecommunications Engineers of the European Community) is an international association that is committed to affecting telecommunication developments in a positive and construc...05 Apr 2005

  • frame rate

    In motion pictures, television, and in computer video displays, the frame rate is the number of frames or images that are projected or displayed per second.05 Apr 2005

  • ATU-R (ADSL Terminal Unit - Remote)

    An ATU-R (ADSL Terminal Unit - Remote), sometimes called an "ADSL modem," is a hardware unit that is installed in any computer that uses a telephone company connection with Asymmetric Digital Subsc...05 Apr 2005

  • digital switch

    A digital switch is a device that handles digital signals generated at or passed through a telephone company central office and forwards them across the company's backbone network.05 Apr 2005

  • mux

    In communication transmission systems, mux (pronounce muks, sometimes spelled "MUX") is an abbreviation for multiplexing, a device that sends multiple signals on a carrier channel at the same time ...05 Apr 2005

  • mutex (mutual exclusion object)

    In computer programming, a mutex (mutual exclusion object) is a program object that is created so that multiple program thread can take turns sharing the same resource, such as access to a file.05 Apr 2005

  • burst

    Burst is a term used in a number of information technology contexts to mean a specific amount of data sent or received in one intermittent operation.05 Apr 2005

  • K56flex

    Rockwell Corporation's K56flex modem chipset gave users the capability to receive data on ordinary phone lines at 56 Kbps (thousand bits per second).05 Apr 2005