Computer science related questions and answers
Z (n) – A game rating symbol developed by the Computer Entertainment Rating Organization (CERO). zapping – Considered to be the lowest form of software programming known to mankind, it involves altering the assembly code in hex format after it has been output from a complier or assembler. Typically done when there is a compiler…
Yammer (PN) – An enterprise-level social network used for private communication within organizations or between organizational members and pre-designated groups. Yammer Configuration (PN) – The options a person sets in the CRM UI to connect CRM to the enterprise Yammer network. Yammer Enterprise (Government Pricing) (PN) – The Yammer Enterprise offer for government…
X Internet – A set of technologies that connect firms’ information systems to physical assets, products, and devices. X.25 – A type of packet switched network used extensively by PNOs for public services and popular for transaction based private networks. X.400 (n) – An international messaging standard that can be used by a…
W3 (n) – A set of interlinked documents in a hypertext system. The user enters the web through a home page. W3C (n) – A consortium of commercial and educational institutions that oversees research and promotes standards in all areas related to the World Wide Web. W3C – (World Wide Web Consortium)- An…
V.34 (n) – A data transmission standard that provides for up to 33,600 bits per second (bps) communications over telephone lines. It defines a full-duplex (two-way) modulation technique and includes error-correcting and negotiation. V.90 (n) – A data transmission standard that provides for up to 56,000 bits per second (bps) communications over telephone lines….
U (n) – A content descriptor developed by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC). U – U is the standard unit of measurement for rack-mounted equipment. Racks can be used to house servers, hard drives, switches, routers, and other computer hardware. They are also used for mounting audio and video equipment. 1U is equal…
T1 (n) – A U.S. telephone standard for a transmission facility at digital signal level 1 (DS1) with 1.544 megabits per second in North America and 2.048 megabits per second in Europe. The bit rate is the equivalent bandwidth of approximately twenty-four 56-kilobits- per-second lines. A T1 circuit is capable of serving a minimum of…
S corporation (n) – An United States tax law designation given to any corporation that elects to pass corporate income, losses, deductions, and credit through to shareholders for federal tax purposes. S/B Compatible – (SoundBlaster- compatible)- A common- Soundcard- format, now obsolete. S/MIME (n) – An Internet e-mail security-oriented protocol that adds public…
R&B (n) – One of the music genres that appears under Genre classification in Windows Media Player library. Based on ID3 standard tagging format for MP3 audio files. ID3v1 genre ID # 14. R18+ (oth) – A game rating symbol developed by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC). R1C1 notation (n) –…
Q & A (n) – A feature that enables attendees to ask questions of presenters a meeting.Q&A (PN) – The natural language query engine part of Power BI for Office 365 on SharePoint Online BI sites which IT can customize to help employees search for specific datasets. QA (n) – A planned and systematic…