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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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component object library (COL)
Technology; Information technology
The object library in Microsoft’s Component Object Model (COM).
component
Technology; Information technology
Technically, a dynamically bindable package of functionality that is managed as a unit and accessed through documented interfaces that can be discovered at runtime. Pragmatically, components tend to ...
compliance unit (CU)
Technology; Information technology
A logical partition of applications and data to be upgraded together.
compliance (regulatory)
Technology; Information technology
Regulatory compliance is concerned with laws that a business must obey, or risk legal sanctions, up to and including prison for its officers.
compliance (organizational)
Technology; Information technology
Companies creating their own internal compliance demands. This type of compliance is driven by needs ranging from preserving shareholder equity to embracing stakeholder identity.
compliance (commercial)
Technology; Information technology
Compliance that a business must adhere to in the course of doing business with trading partners and customers.
complex-event processing
Technology; Information technology
Complex-event processing (CEP) is a kind of computing in which incoming data about events is distilled into more useful, higher level “complex” event data that provides insight into what is ...
