Information technology

Information technology

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

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custom key set

Technology; Information technology

Specialized multibutton telephones designed expressly for a particular private branch exchange (PBX). Unlike the locking buttons on normal key telephones, the buttons on a custom key set are used to ...

current procedural terminology (CPT)

Technology; Information technology

A widely used controlled medical vocabulary authored by the American Medical Association, this system describes medical and surgical procedures in a hierarchical format with six major sections and ...

current loop

Technology; Information technology

A transmission technique that recognizes current flows rather than voltage levels. It was traditionally used in teletypewriter networks incorporating batteries as the transmission power source.

cumulative lead time

Technology; Information technology

The longest length of time involved to accomplish the activity in question. For any item planned through material requirements planning, it is found by reviewing each bill-of-material path below the ...

crowdsourcing

Technology; Information technology

Crowdsourcing describes the processes for sourcing a task or challenge to a broad, distributed set of contributors using the Web and social collaboration techniques. Crowdsourcing applications ...

cross-modulation

Technology; Information technology

Interference caused by two or more carriers interacting in a transmission system.

cross-docking

Technology; Information technology

The planning of warehouse “put away” assignments so that inventory can be moved from one shipment to another on a dock without movement to a rack or warehouse location. Although this type of ...