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COMPUTING ACRONYMS & TERMS' SMORGASBORD
Copyright © 1994-2003, Daniel Frankl, Ph.D. |
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COMPUTING ACRONYMS & TERMS' SMORGASBORD
Copyright © 1994-2003, Daniel Frankl, Ph.D. |
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| T 1 | Network connection that transfers information on the Internet at a 1.54 megabits per second (55 times faster than a 28.8 modem) rate. (Also see DSL, ADSL, and Cable Modem) |
| T3 | Extremely fast network connection that transfers information on the Internet at a rate of up to 45 megabits per second (1562.5 times faster than a 28.8 modem). |
| TAC | Technical Assistance Center |
| TACS | Total Access Communication System |
| TAPI | Telephony Application Programming Interface |
| .tar | Tape archiver extension (originally used by the archiving program called tar, which is part of most Unix distributions). |
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Task List | Appears in Windows when you use the CTRL-ESC key combination and provides a list of open applications you can select from. |
| TB | TeraByte (1 TB = 1000 GB or 1,000,000 * 1,024 * 1,024 = 1,048,576,000,000 bytes). |
| TCO | Low-emissions specification standard for PC monitors (introduced in 1992 and is more rigorous than the MPR II) |
| TCPA | Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (Federal law 47 U.S.C. sec. 227, designed to address nuances, such as, automated calling machines that wouldn't terminate upon the recipient's hanging etc...; The TCPA is a viable platform to address the problem of "junk" e-mail) |
| TCP/IP | "Transmission Control Protocol and Internet Protocol, the software that implements the protocols specifying how computers communicate on the Internet" (Source: Douglas E. Comer, The Internet Book, Prentice-Hall 1995, cited in The Net, Premier Issue, June 1995, p. 023) |
| TDH+N | Total Harmonic Distortion plus Noise (more than 0.1 percent would indicate that the converting component, ADC or DAC, has less than optimal circuity) |
| TDMA | Time-Division Multiple Access (also see GSM--the European standard for wireless computer-based services) |
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Tele- communica tions | The process of computers communicating electronically, usually over telephone lines via a modem. |
| Telnet | Protocol that includes hardware and software for connecting to other PCs |
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Texture mapping | The process of adding simple texture graphics to scenery (also see Shading) |
| TFM | Telephone Facsimile Machine (FAX) |
| TFT | Tri-Flex Technology (?) active matrix color. |
| .tga | Targa graphics file extension |
| Threads | a sequence of commands in a program that execute outside this program's main operations. |
| Thumb | Moveable button (with the use of the mouse pointer) between the "upper arrow" and "lower arrow" on a scroll bar in Windows. |
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Thumb- nail | A small, low resolution visual representation of the graphic file information found in an album. Thumbnails are very small bitmap images. |
| TIFF | Tagged Image File Format (Bitmaps graphics file format which is best for printing when compared to GIF or JPEG which are a Web adapted format; .tif) |
| TIMM | Toshiba Integrated Multimedia Monitor (a PC Monitor & TV Hybrid) |
| TLD | Top Level Domain (e.g., .com, .net, .org, .edu, .uk, .ca, .tv, etc...) |
| Topology | A specific network's configuration (e.g., bus network, ring network, or star network). |
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Touch Window | A pressure-sensitive panel mounted onto a computer screen that lets the user carry out functions by touching on screen items or buttons. |
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Transaction Processing (Network software)
Transfer Protocol (Internet Protocol) |
| Trolling | "Trolling refers to posting messages in a newsgroup specifically to start a nasty argument or flame war--usually something that goes against the views of the group in which it appears." (definition by Andrew Kantor) |
| TSAPI | Telephony Services Application Programming Interface (through telephony, a physical link between a NetWare server and a phone switch can be established. |
| TSR | Terminate-and-Stay-Resident software allows the powering down of the monitor without an Energy Star PC or DPMS [Display Power Management Signaling] compliant graphics adapter. |
| TT/TDD | Text Telephone (MS service for the deaf and the hard-of-hearing) |
| .ttf | TrueType Font file extension |
| TTFN | Ta-ta for now (E-mail acronym to speed up e-mail message writing) |
| TTL | Transistor-Transistor Logic (Digital technology) |
| .tv | Tuvalu (country code for TLD [Top Level Domain]) |
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Twain Compliance | A standard that enables the control of a scanner from within other applications. |
| .txt | Text file extension |
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Comments, corrections, additions, and questions are welcome:
Page updated: Jan. 05, 2003 |
