27. EJB Enterprise A component
28. EKTS JavaBeans architecture defined by
Sun Microsystems for
electronic the development and
key deployment of object-
telephone oriented, distributed,
set enterprise-level
applications
Any key telephone
with a built-in
microprocessor which
allows access to PBX-
like features as well as
access to multiple CO
lines and uses two- to
four-pair wiring.
29. ELAN Emulated A logical network
Local Area initiated by using the
Network mechanisms defined
by LANE (LAN
85 Emulation). This could
include ATM and
legacy attached end
stations.
30. ELT extract, load, The process of
31.. EMC and transform extracting data
from one or more
Electromagnetic sources, loading it
Compatibility directly into a
relational database,
and then using the
database engine to
run data
transformations.
capability of
systems or
equipment to be
tested in the
intended
environment at
designed levels of
efficiency without
degradation due to
electromagnetic
interactions
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32. EMOTICON EMOTion A group of
33. EMR ICON symbols used
34. EMV to indicate
35. ENQ emotions in
email or
newsgroups.
electronic A system used
medical to compile
record computerized
patient
healthcare
information.
Europay- An emerging
MasterCard- general
Visa payment
standard for
smart cards.
Enquiry A control
character used
87 in the ASCII
code set to
request
identification
status.
36. ENTL Electronic New electronic
37. ENUM Hire/Termination document used
/Leave of to set up new
Absence staff,
termination, or
leave.
electronic .ENUM is an
numbering / IETF standard
Electronic for mapping the
Number public telephone
Mapping system number address
space into the
DNS.
38. ENX European the
Network communications
Exchange network of the
European
automotive
industry.
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39. EoS / Ethernet EoS is a set of
EoSDH over protocols which allow
SONET / Ethernet traffic to be
40. EPABX Ethernet carried over
Over SDH synchronous digital
hierarchy networks in
Electronic an efficient and
Private flexible way.Ethernet
Automatic frames which are to
Branch be sent on the SDH
Exchange link are sent through
an "encapsulation"
block to create a
synchronous stream
of data from the
asynchronous
Ethernet packets.
refer to PABX
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41. EPGs electronic two-way television
42. EPIC program services
guides
43. EPM
44. EPN Explicitly designed to fully
Parallel incorporate all of the
Instruction features of the Itanium
Computing series of processors
from Intel. The
Enterprise uniquely designed
Performance EPIC architecture
Management allows the highest
Extended possible performance
Port via new levels of
Network parallelism for
enterprise and
90 technical applications.
Oracle Fusion release
A remote switching
module of a telephone
switch. Different
vendors use different
names. EPN is specific
to Avaya and Definity
line of PBXs.
45. ePO EPolicy McAfee tool that
46. EPO Orchestrator delivers real-time
information and
application integration
for network, desktop,
and server security
emergency A means of turning off
power off power during an
emergency, referring
usually to a switch.
47. EPOC Electronic A 32-bit operating
Piece of system designed by
Cheese Symbian and written
in C++. It is used in
mobile phones and
PDAs, including
PDAs manufactured
by Psion.
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48. EPR Electronic designed to allow fast
49. EPS Patient and easy on-line
Record access to each
patient's records in
all areas across the
Hopkins continuum
of care, thus
enhancing patient
care.
Encapsulated Adobe file format for
PostScript graphics and text
supported by several
graphics drawing
applications.
50. ERMS electronic electronic records
51. ERR records management systems
management
systems ERRor
ERRor
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1. FACCH Fast the channel derived
2. FAQ Associated by preempting
Control information in a
3. FARE Channel traffic channel. It is
used to send handoff
Frequently and similar
Asked messages.
Questions
Most Internet sites
Film and many ISP areas
Automatic will have a "FAQ"
Retouching section to explain
and what is in the area
Enhancement and how to use its
features. While
many FAQ areas are
true compilations of
users' questions,
some are attempts at
anticipated
questions.
Canon film scanner
technology
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4. FASS Fast a concept in
5. favicon Access the WIMAX network,
Station is a method by which
Switching an MS can change its
access station from
favorites frame to frame
icon depending on the
station selection
mechanism.
A small image or icon
used by most recent
web browsers (Internet
Explorer 5 and above).
It can be displayed in a
number of different
places depending on
which browser you're
using.
6. FAW Frame a unique digital word
Alignment used by codecs to
Word allow them to
resynchronize to the
framing structure in the
event of errors.
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7. FAX FACSimile FACSimile
8. FBD Fully Fully Buffered DIMM
9. FBGA Buffered (or FB-DIMM) is a
DIMM memory technology
which can be used to
Fine-pitch increase reliability,
Ball Grid speed and density of
Array memory systems.
Conventionally, data
lines from the memory
controller have to be
connected to data lines
in every DRAM
module.
FBGA is a chip-scale
package option for
AMD flash devices.
10. FBSS Fast Base defined in the IEEE
Station 802.16-2005 (mobile
Switching WiMAX) network, is a
method to allow
switching between any
type of access stations
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11. FC / Fibre The Fibre Channel
FCS Channel Standard (FCS) [1]
(Standard) defines a high-speed
12. FCCH data transfer interface
Frequency that can be used to
13. FCD Correction connect together
Channel workstations,
mainframes,
supercomputers,
storage devices and
displays.
the logical channel in
GSM systems used to
transmit a frequency
correction data burst of
all "zeros". The
resulting frequency
shift seen by the
mobile is then used for
frequency correction.
Floating a method to determine
car data or the traffic speed on the
floating road network.
cellular
data
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14. FCH: Frame a field in the
15.. FCIP Control IEEE802.16-2004
16. FCL Header WIMAX protocol. The
FCH specifies the burst
Fibre profile and the length
Channel of one or more DL
over bursts that immediately
Internet follow the FCH.
Protocol
FCIP mechanisms
enable the transmission
of Fibre Channel (FC)
information by
tunneling data between
SAN facilities over IP
networks; this capacity
facilitates data sharing
over a geographically
distributed enterprise
Framework A collection of classes
Class which are part of
Library Microsoft's .NET
platform
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17. FCoE Fibre FCoE is a proposed
Channel standard designed to
over enable Fibre Channel
Ethernet communications to run
directly over Ethernet.
18.. FCP Fibre Thus, FCoE makes it
Channel possible to move Fibre
Protocol Channel traffic across
existing high-speed
Ethernet infrastructures
and extend the reach
and capability of
storage area networks
(SANs). This ability
allows organizations to
protect and extend
existing investments in
their storage networks.
he serial SCSI
command protocol used
on Fibre Channel
networks.
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19. FCPGA Flip Chip Pin the package of
20. FCS Grid Array certain Intel
21. FCSI Celeron, Pentium
Fluorescence III, and Pentium 4
Correlation microprocessors.
Spectroscopy FC-PGA processors
fit into Socket 370
Fibre or Socket 478
Channel motherboard
Systems sockets.
Initiative a single-molecule
detection technique
for high-sensitivity
measurement of
molecular
interactions. Unique
features of FCS
measurements make
it ideal for use in
assaying
techniques..
formed by Hewlett-
Packard, IBM, and
Sun in 1993.
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22.. FDD: Frequency used in cellular
23. FDM Division communication
Duplex systems such as GSM,
24. FDS is a radio technology
using a paired
spectrum.
Frequency Method by which the
Division available transmission
Multiplexing frequency range is
divided into narrower
Fraud bands; each of these
Detection bands is used for a
System separate channel. This
allows several signals
to be sent over the
same transmission
medium.
VeriSign's product,
acquired by Symantec
in the middle of 2010
25. FDX Full Duplex Simultaneous two-
way communication
path.
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26. FE field An engineer who
27. FEC engineer works on-site (i.e., "in
the field").
Fast A proprietary
Etherchannel technology developed
by Cisco that creates
a team of two to four
10/100 Ethernet
adapters or ports to
increase transmission
and reception
throughput.
28. FECN Forward A bit sent by a frame
Explicit relay network to
Congestion notify an interface
Notification device (DTE) that
congestion avoidance
procedures should be
initiated by the
receiving device
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29. FEFO: First Ended, A message ordering
30. FEP First Out in which, among
messages of the same
Front-End priority level, the
Processor messages which are
finished first will be
transmitted first.
telephony and
computer term. A
FEP communications
computer associated
with a host computer
that manages the
lines and routing of
data through the
network.
31. FER Frame a measure of the
Erasure/Error number of frames of
Rate data that contained
errors and could not
101 be processed. FER is
usually expressed as
a percentage or
exponent.
32. FERPA Family a measure of the
33. FEXT Educational number of frames of
Rights and data that contained
Privacy Act errors and could not
be processed. FER is
Far End usually expressed as a
Cross Talk percentage or
exponent.
This is a term used in
network cable
troubleshooting. It is
a displayed symptom
of electrons traveling
the network and
bouncing around
there for lack of
anywhere else to go.
34. FFD Flicker A computer screen
Free that has a fast enough
Display refresh rate that no
flicker can be
detected; this kind of
display is easier on
the eyes.
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35. FFPF fairly fast an alternative platform
packet for network monitoring
filter under Linux. It is a
stream-based
networking subsystem
for Linux that spans
from hardware to
userspace to offer high-
speed communication
paths to all applications.
36. FFT Fast an efficient algorithm to
Fourier compute the discrete
Transform Fourier transform
(DFT) and its inverse.
FFTs are of great
importance to a wide
variety of applications,
from digital signal
processing to solving
partial differential
equations to algorithms
for quickly multiplying
large integers.
.
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37. FHSS Frequency a spread-spectrum
38. FIDNET Hopped method of
Spread transmitting signals
Spectrum by rapidly switching
a carrier among
Federal many frequency
Intrusion channels, using a
Detection pseudorandom
Network sequence known to
both transmitter and
receiver. It is used in
WLAN 802.11
physical layer.
extensive computer
monitoring system,
developed by the
Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI),
to protect U.S.
government and
private data networks
from being attacked
by terrorists or
hostile foreign
governments.
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39. FIGS Figures A control character
Shift used in the Baudot
Code to enable the
printing of symbols and
numbers by actually
allowing a physical
shift of the carriage.
40. FIM federated an arrangement that
identity can be made among
management multiple enterprises
that lets subscribers use
the same identification
data to obtain access to
the networks of all
enterprises in the
group. The use of such
a system is sometimes
called identity
federation.
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41. FINDDEST Find An internal
42. FINRA Destination service
in IMS used for
Financial finding certain
Industry IMS resources,
Regulatory most of which
Authority represent IMS
destinations. For
searches other
than CVBs and
CCBs, if the
block is not
found, then if
requested, a
search for an LU
6.2 descriptor is
made.
an association
that regulates its
members through
the adoption and
enforcement of
rules and
regulations
governing
business conduct
of member firms.
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43. FIPS Federal Standards that are
44. FIRST Information publicly recognized by
Processing the U.S. Federal
45. fabric Standards Government; also for
login use by non-
Forum of government agencies
Incident and contractors.
Response
and A nonprofit volunteer
Security group whose goal is to
Teams foster cooperation and
coordination in
fabric login incident prevention
across diverse sectors,
and prompt rapid
reaction to incidents.
Through an annual
conference and its
Web site at
The process by which
a device gains access
to the fabric.
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46. FLOPS Floating A slightly more
Point meaningful measure
47. FM Operations of processor speed
Per Second than MIPS.
48. FM- Computers essentially
200 Frequency work with integer
Modulation numbers. Decimal
values are harder to
process, particularly if
the figures after the
decimal point are not
fixed.
A process by which,
say, music is
transmitted using a
radio signal. Input
audio-frequency
signals modify the
frequency of the
transmitted signal
around its nominal
value.
Firemaster Fire Master (FM-200)
/ Fire is gas-based fire
Master 200 suppression systems
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49. FMEA Failure analytical methods
50. FMV Mode and used to identify
Effects potential weaknesses.
Analysis FMEA is mainly
employed in the design
and development of
new products and
processes.
Full- Video that runs at the
Motion same rate at which it
Video was filmed. Moving
video images and
sound available on a
computer; usually
stored on CD-ROM
because of the large
size of the files.
51. FOC Field Field Oriented Control
Oriented
Control
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1. G2C Government to Lagan's underlying
Citizen platform for the
Government CRM solution
for contact centers and
citizen self-service
2. GAIA GUI GAIA is acronym of GUI
Application Application
Interoperability Interoperability
Architecture Architecture
3. GAMS General high-level modeling
Algebraic system for mathematical
Modeling programming problems.
System The program itself
consists of a language
compiler and a group of
integrated solvers.
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4. GAP Groups, A System for Computational
Algorithms Discrete Algebra, with
and particular emphasis on
Programming Computational Group Theory.
5. GAPE Google Apps Google's web-based
Premier messaging and collaboration
Edition apps require no hardware or
software and need minimal
administration, creating
tremendous time and cost
savings for businesses.
6. GARP Generic An IEEE standard for a
Address generic method by which
Resolution various devices (e.g., clients,
Protocol servers, and bridges) can
automatically disseminate
attribute information across a
bridged LAN. GARP is a Layer
2 (i.e. Data Link Layer)
protocol used extensively in
VLANs.
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7. Gas GNU the default GNU Compiler
Assembler Collection (GCC) back-end and
is used to compile Linux and
other operating systems such
as the GNU operating system.
It is a part of the GNU Binutils
package. It runs and
assembles on and for a
number of different
architectures.
8. GB Gigabyte Approximately 1 billion bytes of
data
(actually1,073,741,824 bytes)
9. GBIC GigaBit A transceiver that converts
Interface between electrical and
Converte optical signals for high-
speed networking
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10. GBP group A coupling facility cache
buffer structure that is used by a
pool data sharing group to
cache data and to ensure
11. Gbps gigabits that the data is consistent
per for all members.
second A measure of data
transmission speed
12. GCC GNU the free compiler that
Compiller made the free Linux
Collection operating system
possible. The GCC
C/C++ language tools
support the cross-
compiler requirements for
a number of target
processors families and
their variants.
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13. GCD Grand a technology for
14. GCG Central executing
Dispatch asynchronous tasks
concurrently. GCD is
Grey available in Mac OS X
Component v10.6 and later and is
Replacement not available in iPhone
OS.
A technique for
replacing all the
neutral tones of an
image with an
appropriate amount of
black.
15. GCGID graphic A 4- to 8-character
character alphanumeric identifier
global assigned to a
identifier registered graphic
character. Each
graphic character that
is to be assigned a
code point must have
a GCGID.
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16. GCI General a telecommunications
17. GD&T Communication corporation operating in
Inc. Alaska
geometric a symbolic language
dimensioning used on engineering
and drawings and computer
tolerancing generated three-
dimensional solid models
(CAD) for explicitly
describing nominal
geometry and its
allowable variation.
18. GDB GNU debugger GNU debugger
19. GDI
Graphics GDI provides a common
Device set of drawing routines
Interface (including both text and
graphics). The GDI can
be used to draw to most
devices, such as screens,
printers, plotters or
bitmap images. Central
to the GDI is the concept
of a Device Context (DC)
which is a handle to the
specific device to be
written to.
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20. GDM global the model of
21. GDP delivery model applications testing
services
Gateway Gateway Discovery
Discovery Protocol
Protocol
22. GDPS Geographically An application that
Dispersed integrates Parallel
Parallel Sysplex technology
Sysplex and remote copy
technology to
enhance application
availability and
improve disaster
recovery.
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23. GDS Global data consists of
synchronization technology and
applications used
to
receive, approve
and manage
product, price,
forecast,
promotion and
contract data from
suppliers via the
GDSN, in support
of standards from
the Global
Commerce
Initiative.
24. GDSN Global Data Global Data
Synchronization Synchronization
Network Network
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25. GDTs Global The enterprise
26. GEAR data types service interface is
defined based on
Gigabyte standard
Enhanced data types, and
Agp Riser GDTs are the basic
data building blocks.
Used to provide
AGP support for
PCI-E motherboards
27. GEDCOM A common file
format used to
exchange
computerized
genealogical data
between different
genealogy programs.
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28. GEMMS Global A process
29. GEnie Enterprise manufacturing product
Manufacturing once offered by
30. GEO / Management Datalogix (which was
GEOS System acquired by Oracle in
1997).
General An online service from
Electric GE Information
Network for Services, with news,
Information sports, business,
Exchange computer technical
support, games,
software downloads,
reference services,
chat, bulletin boards,
email, and fax.
Geo- A system that
Stationary communicates with
Earth Orbit satellites in
System geosynchronous orbit
some 22,300 miles
above the earth.
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31. GEOS graphic a lightweight OS
32. GERAN environment with a GUI. It runs
operating system on several different
processors,
including the 65xx,
the x86 and
numerous different
PDAs, embedded
devices, and hand-
held machines.
GSM(GPRS)/EDGE the 3GPP standards
Radio Access for
Network GSM(GPRS)/EDGE
radio access, which
has been specified
to connect the A,
Gb and Iu interfaces
to the CN (Core
Network). The
architecture allows
two BSS (Base
Station Subsystem)
to be connected to
each other.
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33. GFP Generic a multiplexing
34. GFS Framing technique defined by
Procedure ITU-T G.7041. This
allows mapping of
Grandfather, variable length, higher-
Father, Son layer client signals over
a transport network like
SDH/SONET.
Backup methodology
35. GGP Gateway- protocol on the
gateway Internet.
protocol
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36. GGSN Gateway a gateway from a
37. GHC GPRS cellular network to an
38. Ghost Support IP network that allows
Node mobile cell phone
users to access the
Glasgow public data network
Haskell (PDN) or specified
Compiler private IP networks.
also known as
General Glorious Haskell
Hardware- Compiler, is an open
Oriented source native code
Software compiler for the
Transfer functional
programming language
Haskell which was
developed at the
University of
Glasgow.
a disk cloning
program, originally
produced by Binary
Research, but
purchased by
Symantec in 1998.
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39. GIAC Global Certification
Information programs designed to
40. GiB / Assurance serve the people who
gib Certification are or will be
responsible for
gibibyte managing and
protecting important
information systems
and networks.
1,073,741, 824 bytes.
1024 mebibytes.
41. GID group A 4 byte, unsigned
identification integer (GID) that is
number used to identify a
group profile.
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42. GIF GNU A common format for
43. GIFT
Image image files, especially
Finding suitable for images
Tool containing large areas of
the same color. GIF
format files of simple
images are often smaller
than the same file would
be if stored in JPEG
format, but GIF format
does not store
photographic images as
well as JPEG.
Garbage In, a Content Based Image
Garbage Retrieval System
Out (CBIRS). The GIFT is
based on Viper, the
result of a research effort
at the Vision Group at
the computer science
center of the University
of Geneva. The GIFT is
an open framework for
content-based image
retrieval. It is designed
to accommodate new
ways of querying the
124 framework.
44. GIMP Gnu Image Freely distributed
45. GINA Manipulation piece of software
Program suitable for such
46. GINI tasks as photo
Graphical retouching, image
Identification composition and
and image authoring.
Authentication the subsystem
that handles the
Gateway logon
Interface for presentation to
Network the user. The
Initialization Microsoft GINA
is represented by
the logon screen
that pops up on
the PC when the
user presses
Ctrl+Alt+Delete.
A process on
large Enterprise
systems to set up
an entire network
from another
network.
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47. GIOP General Inter- A protocol that
48. GIS ORB Protocol Common Object
49. GIX Request Broker
Geographical Architecture
Information (CORBA) uses
System to define the
format of
messages.
A computer
application
involving maps
and the storage
and
manipulation of
data associated
with them.
Global Internet A routing
eXchange exchange point
that helps
networks all
over the world
to connect to the
Internet.
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1. h- Hierarchical A pull-down menu
menu menu that has sub-menus.
The sub-menus are
2. H/S High-Speed indicated by arrows.
LAN Local-Area Putting the pointer on
Network the item that has an
3. H&H arrow opens up the
Hoot & sub-menu.
Holler A LAN operating at 4
Mbits per second or
more to facilitate rapid
exchange of files,
mail, etc., within a
broader departmental
or divisional
environment.
A dedicated point-to-
point voice facility
between international
offices of a trading
facility
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4. H3C (previous) HP company,
5 HA Huawei supplier of routers,
6. HAAT Technologies— Ethernet switches,
3Com wireless LAN,
security and
high Voice/Video over IP
availability and network
management
Height Above systems.
Average The ability of IT
Terrain services to withstand
all outages and
continue providing
processing capability
according to some
predefined service
level.
a measure of an
antenna's height
above average
terrain. This value is
used by the FCC in
determining
compliance with
height limitations
and transmitting
powers for high sites.
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7. HACMP High- Software that
8. Hactivism Availability provides host
9. HAD Cluster Multi- clustering, so
Processing that jobs are
moved to other
from "hack" and hosts within the
"activism" cluster if one
host fails.
Holographic the concept of
Autostereoscopic hacking into a
Display Web site or
computer system
in order to
communicate a
politically or
socially
motivated
message.
Simple
conversion of
LCD
technology,
replacing the
LCD's backlight
with an HOE
(holographic
optical element)
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10. HADR high A disaster recovery
11. HAE availability solution that uses log
12. HAL disaster shipping and provides
13. HAN
recovery data to a standby system
if a partial or complete
site failure occurs on a
primary system.
Height Vertical difference
Above between a reference
Ellipsoid ellipsoid model and the
known, or derived,
elevation at a given
spatial location (typically
in meters).
Hardware A translation protocol in
Abstraction Windows NT for porting
Layer NT to another platform.
home area a network contained
network within a user's home that
connects a person's
digital devices, from
multiple computers and
their peripheral devices
to telephones, VCRs,
televisions, video games,
home security systems,
"smart" appliances, fax
machines
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