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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

compact disc-rewritable (CD-RW)

Technology; Information technology

A compact disc-rewritable (CD-RW) drive permits the user to back up data to compact discs (CDs).

community of practice

Technology; Information technology

People associated and interlinked in a communication or knowledge network because of their shared interest or shared responsibility for a subject area. Examples are people who hold similar job ...

community

Technology; Information technology

A constantly changing group of people collaborating and sharing their ideas over an electronic network (e.g., the Internet). Communities optimize their collective power by affiliation around a common ...

communities

Technology; Information technology

Communities of interest and communities of practice (CoP) exhibit more structure and more purpose than open social-networking sites. As with their precedents (bulletin boards or list servers), the ...

communications service provider (CSP)

Technology; Information technology

Includes all service providers offering telecommunication services or some combination of information and media services, content, entertainment and applications services over networks, leveraging ...

communications port (COM)

Technology; Information technology

A port that allows an application to access a modem.

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