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Information technology

The acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of information by electronics-based of computing and telecommunications.

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Information technology

consumer Internet services

Technology; Information technology

 Consumer Internet services are data services provided by ISPs that connect subscribers to the Internet using either a dial-up connection over a PSTN line or over a broadband connection. Typically, ...

consumer digital rights management (DRM)

Technology; Information technology

Consumer digital rights management (DRM) technologies control how consumers use copyrighted material that is distributed in digital form, such as music, video files or text in e-books.

consumer broadband services

Technology; Information technology

 A broadband line is a connection between a consumer’s home and a carrier’s network that provides data access services of at least 256 Kbps. In most cases this is a physical connection using ...

consumer broadband connections

Technology; Information technology

A broadband connection is a direct path between two termination points, one of which is in the consumer’s home, the other at the carrier’s central office (CO) or local broadband aggregation node. In ...

consultative selling

Technology; Information technology

A style of selling based on uncovering, understanding and responding to the customer’s underlying business need through meaningful dialogue.

constant linear velocity (CLV)

Technology; Information technology

One of two standards for rotating storage media, in which the disk spins at a higher speed on the outside tracks than on the inside tracks (where the circumference is smaller), so that all data moves ...

constant bit rate (CBR)

Technology; Information technology

Constant bit rate (CBR) is an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) service category, defined by the ATM Forum, that guarantees a constant bandwidth with low delay, jitter and cell loss. Circuit emulation ...

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