Internet communication

Internet communication

All the ways used by people to communicate with each other over the Internet, including e-mail, instant messaging (IM), feedback on blogs, contact forms on Web sites, industry forums, chat rooms and social networking sites.

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cable modem termination system (CMTS)

Internet; Internet communication

The area of a cable station where the satellite dishes and antennae that receive the video programming for the cable network are located. It also houses the routers that connect the feeder lines from ...

data store

Internet; Internet communication

The part of a cache that holds actual lines, cache lines, of data.

data switch

Internet; Internet communication

Any mechanism that directs data to various locations. For example, a data switch allows a single computer to send data to multiple peripherals, or it allows multiple computers to share a single ...

dead key

Internet; Internet communication

A key that has no function when pressed by itself but produces an effect when pressed in conjunction with another key or keys.

deadlock

Internet; Internet communication

An error that occurs when two programs are each waiting for a signal from the other to proceed. Also called deadly embrace.

debossing

Internet; Internet communication

Creating a depression into the surface of the paper. This is the opposite of embossing, which creates raised edges.

debugging

Internet; Internet communication

A methodical process of finding and reducing the number of bugs, or defects, in a computer program or a piece of electronic hardware thus making it behave as expected.