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| An application service provider is a business that provides computer-based services to customers over a network. Software offered using an ASP model is sometimes called on-demand software or software as a service (SaaS). |
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a page or a collection of web pages designed to enable any user to contribute to or modify the content, using a simplified markup language.
They are often used to create collaborative websites and to power community websites. The collaborative encyclopedia Wikipedia is one of the best-known wikis. Wikis are used in business to provide intranet and Knowledge Management systems. |
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(a contraction of the term "Web log")
a web site, usually maintained by an individual, with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material (such as graphics or video).
Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order.
it can also be a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog. |
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| a series of audio or video digital media files. They are distributed over the Internet to portable media players and personal computers. Though the same content may also be made available by direct download or streaming, a podcast is distinguised from most other digital media formats by its ability to be syndicated, subscribed to, and downloaded automatically when new content is added. |
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a term used for the online delivery of video on demand video clip content via Atom or RSS enclosures.
The term is an evolution from the generally audio-based podcast. Video podcasts refer to the distribution of video wherein an RSS feed is used as a non-linear TV channel to which consumers can subscribe using a PC, TV, set-top box, media center, or mobile multimedia device. |
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a family of Web feed formats used to publish frequently updates works--such as blog entries, news headlines, audio, and video--in a standardized format.
it includes full or summarized text, plus metadataa (such as publishing dates and authorship).
Web feeds benefit publishers by letting them syndicate content automatically. Readers benefit by their ability to subscribe to timely updates from favored websites, or to aggregate feeds from many sites into one place of their choosing.
feeds can be read using software called "RSS readers" or aggregators. |
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| In computing, a feed aggregator, also known as a feed reader, news reader, or simply aggregator, is client software or a Web application which aggregates syndicated Web content, such as new headlines, blogs, podcasts, and vlogs, in a single location for easy viewing. |
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An Internet service provider, also called an Internet access provider (IAP), is a company that offers its customers access to the Internet.
An ISP connects to its customers using a data transmission technology (dial-ip, DSL, cable modem, or dedicated high-speed connections) that is appropriate for delivering Internet Protocol datagrams. |
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| a computer designed for desktop use; usually comprises, at a minimum, a central processing unit (CPU), a monitor, and a keyboard as separate units, connected by special cables. |
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refers to a Domain Name Server. A dedicated server or a service within a server that provides DNS name resolution in an IP network.
It turns names for Websites and network resources into numeric IP addresses. DNS servers are used in large companies, in all ISPs and within the DNS system in the Internet, a vital service that keeps the Internet working. |
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A high-speed computer in a network that stores the programs and data files shared by users. It acts like a remote disk drive.
The difference between a file server and an application server is that the file server stores the programs and data, while the application server runs the programs and processes the data. |
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a computer system that provides services to other computing systems called "clients" over a network.
The term can also refer to hardware (such as a Sun computer system) or software (such as an RDBMS server). |
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An area on a hard disk or floppy disk where information is stored about the physical location of each piece of every file on the disk and about the location of unusable areas of the disk.
File Allocation Table is a partially patented file system developed by Microsoft for MS-DOS and is the primary file system for consumer version of Microsoft Windows up to and including Windows Me. |
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(NT File System) An optional file system for Windows NT, 2000, and XP operating systems.
it is the more advanced file system, compared to FAT32. It improves performance and is requires in order to implement numerous security and administrative features in the OS. |
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an imaginary memory area supported by some operating systems (for example, Windows but not DOS) in conjunction with the system hardware.
You can think of virtual memory as an alternate set of memory addresses. Programs use these virtual addresses rather than real addresses to store instructions and data. |
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| the primary computer storage device, which spins, reads and writes one or more fixed disk platters. |
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| A device that holds and reads CD-ROM discs. CD-Rom drives, which today typically means a CD-RW drive that is combo CD-ROM, CD-R and CD-RW drive, come in a variety of speeds. |
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Refers to the condition of a disk in which files are divided into pieces scattered around the disk.
Fragmentation occurs naturally when you use a disk frequently, creating, deleting, and modifying files. |
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| Short for floppy disk drive (FDD), a disk drive that can read and write to floppy disks. |
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| occurs when you allocate storage without ever intending to use it. This space is wasted. |
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| It is the phenomenon in which free storage becomes divided into many small pieces over time. |
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| It occurs when a piece of data in memory is broken up into many pieces that are not close together (or far apart). It is typically the result of attempting to insert a large object into storage that has already suffered external fragmentation. |
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| A fluid substance, originally with properties alkin to grease, which increases the thermal conductivity of a thermal interface (by compensating for the irregular surfaces of the components). Used between the chip and the heat sink. |
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An environment or object that absorbs and dissipates heat from another object using thermal contact (either direct or radiant).
They are used in a wide range of applications wherever efficient heat dissipation is required; major examples include refrigeration, heat engines, and cooling both electronic devices and lasers. |
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| computer cooling is the process of removing heat from computer components. |
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| the central printed circuit board (PCB) in some complex electronic systems, such as modern personal computers. The motherboard is sometimes alternatively known as the mainboard, system board, or, on Apple computers, the logic board. It is also sometimes casually shortened to mobo. |
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