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Relating to the usage and knowledge of tools, techniques, crafts or systems in order to solve a problem or create an artistic perspective.

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dashboards

Technology; Information technology

Dashboards are a reporting mechanism that aggregate and display metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs), enabling them to be examined at a glance by all manner of users ...

DASH7

Technology; Information technology

DASH7 is a standard, promoted by the DASH7 Alliance that leverages the 433Mhz band unlicensed spectrum, supporting the networking of sensors up to 2 km apart and in-building ...

dark fiber

Technology; Information technology

Fiber-optic cable deployments that are not yet being used to carry network traffic. (The word “dark” refers to the fact that no light is passing through the optical fibers.)

dark data

Technology; Information technology

Gartner defines dark data as the information assets organizations collect, process and store during regular business activities, but generally fail to use for other purposes (for ...

daisy-chaining

Technology; Information technology

The connection of multiple devices in a serial fashion. An advantage of daisy-chaining is savings in transmission facilities. A disadvantage is that if a device malfunctions, all ...

daemon

Technology; Information technology

A Unix process initiated during system boot and activated automatically to perform a particular task.

cyclic redundancy check (CRC)

Technology; Information technology

An error detection technique using a polynomial to generate a series of two 8-bit block check characters that represent the entire block of data. These block check characters are ...