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An IEEE standard, IEEE 802.11e-2005, that adds QoS (Quality of Service) features and multimedia support to the existing 802.11b, 802.11g, and 802.11a wireless networks.
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(computing) A security scheme for file-level security (as opposed to traditional user, group levels, or the somewhat stricter role levels). Abbreviated ACL.
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(informal) A user of the Commodore Amiga computer.
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(electronics) Advanced Mobile Phone System, American Mobile Phone System, Analog Mobile Phone System.
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A broadband voice and data technology with quality (class) of service QoS transmission for sending and receiving voice, data, and multimedia information over a fiber-optic network.
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(video games) An Atari video game system or computer, such as the Atari 2600 or Atari ST.
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(informal) A BBC Micro (British home computer).
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(informal, sometimes derogatory) The presently four or five largest, most dominant, and most prestigious companies in the information technology industry of the United States.
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(US) The three major traditional commercial broadcast television networks in the United States: CBS (the Columbia Broadcasting System), NBC (the National Broadcasting Company), and ABC (the American Broadcasting Company)
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(computing, slang) Users of the Byte Information Exchange (BIX) system, which ran from the mid-1980s until 2001.
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(computing, manufacturing) computer numerical control or computerized numerical control
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(computing) Abbreviation of codepage. (e.g. cp437, cp737, cp1253, etc.) [(computing) A mapping to a particular character set, where there are several possible sets that share the same code points. Abbreviation: cp.]
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(computing, historical) An early 8-bit operating system.
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(software) Acronym of Common Unix Printing System. (a subsystem for using printers, found across many UNIX and unix-like operating systems)
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(computer hardware) a device interconnecting data terminal equipment (DTE) and a data transmission circuit.
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(computer hardware) Synonym of Data Circuit-Terminating Equipment
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Digital Equipment Corporation, a defunct American computer and technology company.
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(India) Acronym of distribution company. especially an electricity distribution company
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(computing) A scientific notation for floating point numbers in which e.g. 51.75 would be represented as .5175E+02 (meaning .5175 × 10²)
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(computing, networking) an EUI currently used for IEEE 802-based networking and is also used to identify other devices and software
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(technology) One or more of the technology companies Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google.
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A standard network protocol used to transfer files from one host to another over a TCP-based network, such as the Internet.
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(computing) Abbreviation of Firefox. [(software) A free, open source, cross-platform, graphical web browser, developed by the Mozilla Foundation.]
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Graphic display calculator.
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Any of the top-level domains assigned by the IANA based on type of organization.
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(computing) An abstract data model of an XML document in terms of a set of information items.
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(television) A unit used in the measurement of composite video signals. A value of 100 IRE is defined to be +714 mV in an analog NTSC video signal.
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Alternative letter-case form of JavaScript [(computer languages) A scripting programming language most commonly used to add interactive features to webpages.]
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Alternative letter-case form of JPEG [(computer graphics) To create or convert an image into a JPEG file.]
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(Internet) Acronym of Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP: a popular combination of open source software for use as a web server [An open-source computer operating system kernel.]
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(computing) A software system for the creation, management and transfer of learning content.
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(computing) An interconnection of computers that are in relatively close proximity to each other, such as within a building.
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(usually derogatory) Microsoft.
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(computing) Abbreviation of machine epsilon. [(computing) An upper bound on the relative approximation error due to rounding in floating-point arithmetic, denoted by the symbol ε.]
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Alternative spelling of metropolitan area network [a network that covers a large geographical area such as a city.]
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(slang, derogatory) Microsoft.
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(computing, slang, derogatory) The computer company Microsoft.
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(trademark) Microsoft Corporation.
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(computing, informal, derogatory) The licence fee for the Microsoft Windows operating system software that is pre-installed on many home computer systems.
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(informal) Of or relating to Microsoft, or its products.
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Short for Matroska Video, a multimedia container format.
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Abbreviation of multiplexor.
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(Internet) A program or server that maps human-readable names to computer addresses, especially as part of the Domain Name System.
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A period during which a telecommunications service remains in an operational state.
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(sometimes with up) To make politically correct.
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A wireless communications network, intended for devices within a small room or cubicle.
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(computing) Acronym of PHP archive: a file format that contains an entire PHP application.
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(telecommunications) an ISDN service delivered over T1, E1 or J1 datalines, with delivery of connections between 1472 kilobits per second and 1984 kilobits per second (kibibits)
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(software, publishing, typography) PostScript level 3
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(computing) A hardware module containing RAM for use by another device.
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(informal, computing) Of or pertaining to the computing company Microsoft.
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(video games) A software image of read-only memory (as of a game cartridge) used in emulation.
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(networking) A proprietary network protocol.
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(military) A call sign that identifies a tactical command or tactical communication facility.
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(computing) Unix Amiga emulator
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(computing) A network set up for use by a limited number of individuals, such as employees of a company, operating over a large area. The network typically uses encryption to keep information secure.
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(computing) Ellipsis of Windows Vista.
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(computing) Abbreviation of Microsoft Windows 16-bit.
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(computing) Abbreviation of Windows 7.
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(computing) The Windows interface to TCP/IP.
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(computing) Abbreviation of Windows XP.
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(computing) Alternative form of X.Org, the standard implementation of X11.
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(computing) Ellipsis of Windows XP.
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(networking, dated) A logical group of network devices on AppleTalk (an obsolete networking protocol).
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