Information technology

Information technology

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

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hit

Technology; Information technology

An individual visit to a website or Web page, expressed as a measure of its popularity (i.e., Web traffic volume). For example, a site that had 48,000 visitors during a 24-hour period might be said ...

geosynchronous orbit (GEO)

Technology; Information technology

Orbital plane that is geosynchronous with the earth’s equatorial plane (that is, zero inclination), also known as the Clarke Belt, named after Arthur C. Clarke. It is also an object orbiting the ...

geostationary satellite

Technology; Information technology

Satellite that appears to be located at a fixed point in space when viewed from the earth’s surface. Satellites located in geosynchronous orbit move in time with the rotation of the earth. ...

geospatial mashups

Technology; Information technology

Geospatial mashups are applications that can display many sources of information and the geographical relationships among them. A mashup is a lightweight, Web-based, composite application, with no ...

geographic information system (GIS)

Technology; Information technology

A geographic information system (GIS) is a collection of computer hardware, software and geographic data for capturing, managing, analyzing and displaying every form of geographically referenced ...

geofencing

Technology; Information technology

Creating a virtual boundary in which a device, individual or asset can be tracked and monitored or detected if the boundary is violated. Examples are the tracking of pets, children and Alzheimer’s ...

generic access network (GAN)

Technology; Information technology

Previously known as unlicensed mobile access (UMA), a GAN (generic access network) is a network architecture designed to support seamless connectivity between wide-area cellular networks, such as ...