(computer science) rules determining the format and transmission of data
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Networking.
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protocol that allows users to copy files between their local system and any system they can reach on the network
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(computer science) a network of computers
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Networking.(chemistry) a surface forming a common boundary between two things (two objects or liquids or chemical phases)
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Networking.The state or quality of being latent.
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Networking.A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel; as, a packet of letters.
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Networking.A dark red or purple astringent wine made in Portugal. It contains a large percentage of alcohol.
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Networking.The original copy of any writing, as of a deed, treaty, dispatch, or other instrument.
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Networking.(computer science) the time it takes for a specific block of data on a data track to rotate around to the read/write head
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Networking.A plane made like a spokeshave, for working the inside edges of circular sashes.
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Networking.a protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Networking.a protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Networking.a protocol developed for the internet to get data from one network device to another; "TCP uses a retransmission strategy to insure th…
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Networking.a protocol developed for the internet to get data from one network device to another; "TCP uses a retransmission strategy to insure th…
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Networking.a network topology in which nodes are connected in a daisy chain by a linear sequence of buses.; "In a bus network, every station rece…
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Networking.a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data tra…
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Networking.a suite of internet protocols, which provide Security transparency, security and network management.; "FLIP is a connectionless protoc…
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Networking.protocol that allows users to copy files between their local system and any system they can reach on the network
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Networking.a computer network similar to but separate from the internet; devoted to the dissemination of information to and for the Intelligence…
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science, Networking.
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software that has not yet been released but has received an alpha test and still has more bugs than a regular release; "beta software…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: protocol, allows, users, copy, files.a site on the internet where a number of users can communicate in real time (typically one dedicated to a particular topic)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: protocol, allows, users, copy, files.a site on the internet where a number of users can communicate in real time (typically one dedicated to a particular topic)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: protocol, allows, users, copy, files.To bear toward the person speaking, or the person or thing from whose point of view the action is contemplated; to go and bring; to ge…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: protocol, allows, users, copy, files.An orderly succession; a line; a row
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: protocol, allows, users, copy, files.a system of classifying into files (usually arranged alphabetically)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: protocol, allows, users, copy, files.a system of classifying into files (usually arranged alphabetically)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: protocol, allows, users, copy, files.A system that allows or blocks network connections.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: protocol, allows, users, copy, files.A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: protocol, allows, users, copy, files.metadata tag used on social network and microblogging services which makes it easier for users to find messages with a specific theme…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: protocol, allows, users, copy, files.The consecrated wafer, believed to be the body of Christ, which in the Mass is offered as a sacrifice; also, the bread before consecra…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: protocol, allows, users, copy, files.(computer science) the ability to exchange and use information (usually in a large heterogeneous network made up of several local area…
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