Information technology

Information technology

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

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context-enriched content

Technology; Information technology

Context-enriched content is the content, information and data ranging from articles to advertising based on the user’s context that is served to whatever medium the recipient is using to interact ...

context-aware security

Technology; Information technology

Context-aware security is the use of supplemental information to improve security decisions at the time they are made, resulting in more accurate security decisions capable of supporting dynamic ...

context-aware computing

Technology; Information technology

Context-aware computing is a style of computing in which situational and environmental information about people, places and things is used to anticipate immediate needs and proactively offer ...

context management engine

Technology; Information technology

A core enabling technology for effective portals, this application collects, analyzes and distributes personalization and customization information.

context delivery architecture (CoDA)

Technology; Information technology

Gartner defines CoDA as an architectural style that builds on service-oriented architecture (SOA) and event-driven architecture (EDA) interaction and partitioning styles, and adds formal mechanisms ...

context

Technology; Information technology

Generally refers to the combination of user identity, environmental, process and community-based information about the customer, leading to real-time offers, delivered at the right time via the right ...

contention

Technology; Information technology

A method of line control in which the terminals request to transmit. If the channel in question is free, transmission proceeds; if it is not free, the terminal must wait until it becomes free.