Information technology

Information technology

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

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communications as a service (CAAS)

Technology; Information technology

This is communications functionality that may include telephony, messaging, conferencing, presence and notification, based on assets owned, managed and colocated by third parties.

common public radio interface (CPRI)

Technology; Information technology

An industry cooperation between Ericsson, Nortel, NEC, Siemens and Huawei to define an open and published interface between radio equipment control and the radio equipment. Although open and freely ...

common open software environment (COSE)

Technology; Information technology

A now-defunct vendor consortium, which was formed to promote interoperability and portability across Unix platforms. The group’s first project was the Common Desktop Environment (CDE) specification

common object request broker architecture (CORBA)

Technology; Information technology

An Object Management Group (OMG) interoperability standard for object-oriented applications communicating over heterogeneous networks.

common messaging calls (CMC)

Technology; Information technology

A set of calls developed by the X.400 API Association (XAPIA) for use on top of any existing messaging system. Programmers developing applications using these calls may request services of whatever ...

common language infrastructure (CLI)

Technology; Information technology

A platform-independent development system from Microsoft that enables programs written in different programming languages to run on different types of hardware. CLI is part of Microsoft’s .NET ...

common internet file system (CIFS)

Technology; Information technology

A remote file system access protocol that allows groups of users to work together and share documents via the Internet or their corporate intranets. CIFS is an open, cross-platform technology based ...