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Internet communication

All the ways used by people to communicate with each other over the Internet, including e-mail, instant messaging (IM), feedback on blogs, contact forms on Web sites, industry forums, chat rooms and social networking sites.

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bottom-up design

Internet; Internet communication

In program design, a process in which the simpler programming is designed first and the more complex programming is designed afterward.

bounce email

Internet; Internet communication

An email that returns to the sender because the recipient's address is incorrect or belongs to a recipient the server no longer recognizes. A bounce email usually appears in the form of a message ...

benchmark

Internet; Internet communication

To test aspects of computer hardware or software against a known standard. When used as a noun, a benchmark usually is the result of such a test. Benchmarks are only useful if all computers or ...

destination

Internet; Internet communication

The site to which data is directed. A site can be any hard drive, disc, file, directory, or document within the computer or online.

beta bugs

Internet; Internet communication

Errors or flaws discovered in a software program during its prerelease period, often called the beta.

device

Internet; Internet communication

An external hardware apparatus that attaches to a computer to allow it to send or receive a specific type of data.

Betamaxed

Internet; Internet communication

Slang terminology used to describe a situation in which a technology or standard, usually of superior quality, becomes obsolescent because a competing technology or standard becomes more widely ...

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