Definitions Archive - Technipages https://www.technipages.com/definition/ Tutorials and fixes for smartphone, gadget, and computer problems Mon, 16 Sep 2019 20:14:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 https://www.technipages.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/cropped-Technipages-Icon-32x32.png Definitions Archive - Technipages https://www.technipages.com/definition/ 32 32 XML https://www.technipages.com/definition/xml/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=xml Fri, 16 Aug 2019 15:42:57 +0000 https://www.technipages.com/?post_type=definition&p=46210 Abbreviation for extensible Markup Language is not a declarative markup language like HTML; instead, it is a language for creating markup languages.XML is maintained by the Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C). A slimmed-down version of SGML enables Web authors to create and name their tags so that they can more accurately capture the structure of their […]

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]]> Function https://www.technipages.com/definition/function/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=function Fri, 16 Aug 2019 15:42:57 +0000 https://www.technipages.com/?post_type=definition&p=46211 In programming languages, a separate named unit of code that performs a specific calculation or procedure. To use functions, they must be declared in a special area of the program set aside for this purpose. A function includes placeholders, called logical parameters, that will be replaced by real values (actual parameters) when the function is […]

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]]> Pentium 4 https://www.technipages.com/definition/pentium-4/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pentium-4 Fri, 16 Aug 2019 15:42:57 +0000 https://www.technipages.com/?post_type=definition&p=46204 The successor to Intel’s sixth-generation processors, including the Pentium II and Pentium III, this chip heralds the seventh generation of Intel processor technology. What is revolutionary about the is its deep pipelining architecture; it is implemented in 20 stages (compared to 10 in the Pentium III). This enables the chip to run at significantly higher […]

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]]> Virus https://www.technipages.com/definition/virus/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=virus Fri, 16 Aug 2019 15:42:57 +0000 https://www.technipages.com/?post_type=definition&p=46207 A program that replicates itself, and in so doing resembles a biological virus, by attaching to other programs and carrying out unwanted and sometimes damaging operations. Although some viruses are relatively benign and are little more than pranks, most are written with malicious intent; at the extreme, they can wipe out all the contents on […]

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]]> TCP/IP https://www.technipages.com/definition/tcp-ip/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tcp-ip Fri, 16 Aug 2019 15:42:57 +0000 https://www.technipages.com/?post_type=definition&p=46208 Abbreviation for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) is a commonly used phrase to refer to the entire Internet protocol suite. It is by far the most widely used suite of networking protocols, providing the technical foundation for the public Internet as well as for large numbers of private networks (called internets with a small “i” […]

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]]> Software License https://www.technipages.com/definition/software-license/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=software-license Fri, 16 Aug 2019 15:42:57 +0000 https://www.technipages.com/?post_type=definition&p=46213 A contractual agreement between software purchasers and the software publisher that specifies what the purchaser may and may not do with the software. Typically, such licenses include clauses that deny that any sale of goods has taken place; what is being sold is not the software itself, the ownership of which is retained by the […]

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]]> Join https://www.technipages.com/definition/join/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=join Fri, 16 Aug 2019 15:42:57 +0000 https://www.technipages.com/?post_type=definition&p=46209 Join in a relational database management program is a data retrieval operation in which a new data table is built from data in two or more existing data tables. The join operation for relational databases is otherwise known as a natural join, and this type of join is characterized by two relations that are connected […]

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]]> Proxy Server https://www.technipages.com/definition/proxy-server/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=proxy-server Fri, 16 Aug 2019 15:42:57 +0000 https://www.technipages.com/?post_type=definition&p=46212 A proxy server is a program that stands between an internal network and the external Internet, intercepting requests for information. A proxy is generally part of a broader solution to internal network security called a firewall. The purpose of a proxy is to prevent external users from directly accessing resources inside the internal network or […]

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]]> Packet-Switching Network https://www.technipages.com/definition/packet-switching-network/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=packet-switching-network Fri, 16 Aug 2019 15:42:57 +0000 https://www.technipages.com/?post_type=definition&p=46206 Packet Switching Network is one of two fundamental architectures for the design of a computer network; the other is a circuit- switching network. In a network such as the Internet, no effort is made to establish a single electrical circuit between two computing devices; for this reason, the connection established is often called connectionless. Instead, […]

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]]> ADSL https://www.technipages.com/definition/adsl/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=adsl Fri, 16 Aug 2019 15:42:57 +0000 https://www.technipages.com/?post_type=definition&p=46214 ADSL is the acronym for Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line, and they are used to enact data transmission at high speed to the internet. Invented by AT&T and adopted by ANSI as standard T1.413 in 1995. Like all DSL broadband technologies, enables a standard telephone line (copper twisted-pair) to simultaneously carry voice and data. Asymmetric bandwidth […]

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]]> Encapsulation https://www.technipages.com/definition/encapsulation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=encapsulation Fri, 16 Aug 2019 15:42:57 +0000 https://www.technipages.com/?post_type=definition&p=46205 This is the process that data goes through when it’s transmitted through a computer by way of protocols. There are different layers of protocols and each of them alters the data a little bit, changing it enough that it will pass the next layer and can then be sent via the network. On the other […]

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]]> Software Engineering https://www.technipages.com/definition/software-engineering/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=software-engineering Fri, 16 Aug 2019 15:42:56 +0000 https://www.technipages.com/?post_type=definition&p=46203 Software Engineering is the use of a systematic, disciplined, and quantifiable approach to the development of large-scale software systems; in other words, the application of engineering principles to software development. Software engineering directly addresses the problems that too often arise in large-scale software development. Software engineering was introduced to address the issues of low-quality software […]

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]]> X Window System https://www.technipages.com/definition/x-window-system/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=x-window-system Fri, 16 Aug 2019 15:42:56 +0000 https://www.technipages.com/?post_type=definition&p=46200 A graphical, network-based windowing environment originally developed for Unix and Unix- like operating systems (and since made available for other platforms) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; currently, it is under continuous development as an open-source program by the Open Group, a Unix industry consortium. X (as the X Window system is known to UNIX […]

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]]> Osi Reference Model https://www.technipages.com/definition/osi-reference-model/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=osi-reference-model Fri, 16 Aug 2019 15:42:56 +0000 https://www.technipages.com/?post_type=definition&p=46199 Abbreviation for Open Systems Interconnect Reference Model. An international standard for conceptualizing the architecture of computer networks, established by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), that improves network flexibility. The employs a divide-and-conquer approach, in which network functions are divided into seven categories, called layers, and […]

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]]> Binary Notation https://www.technipages.com/definition/binary-notation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=binary-notation Fri, 16 Aug 2019 15:42:56 +0000 https://www.technipages.com/?post_type=definition&p=46202 The binary notation a method of representing numbers that employ a base (radix) of 2; therefore, there are only two possible values (0 and 1). Binary notation differs from the notation systems people prefer; these have bases of 10 (decimal numbers), 12 (measurements in feet and inches), or 60 (minutes and hours). Binary notation shares […]

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]]> Apache https://www.technipages.com/definition/apache/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=apache Fri, 16 Aug 2019 15:42:56 +0000 https://www.technipages.com/?post_type=definition&p=46201 Apache is a popular open-source Web server that currently powers more than half of all websites. Originally developed by programmers who were using a Web server daemon called httpd, developed at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA). These programmers fixed errors in httpd and modified it by releasing a series of software patches. Over […]

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]]> Recursion https://www.technipages.com/definition/recursion/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=recursion Fri, 16 Aug 2019 15:42:56 +0000 https://www.technipages.com/?post_type=definition&p=46194 In programming, a program module or subroutine that calls itself to perform an iterative operation; in other words, a pure expression repeats itself to achieve a much more complex operation. The Principle of Recursion is illustrated by Fibonacci numbers, a number series in which the first two terms are 1; successive terms are given by […]

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]]> Reusability https://www.technipages.com/definition/reusability/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reusability Fri, 16 Aug 2019 15:42:56 +0000 https://www.technipages.com/?post_type=definition&p=46192 Reusability in computer programming is the measurement of the likelihood that a given unit of code can be successfully incorporated into another program. Computer programming languages offer varying degrees of reusability. In structured programming languages, programmers develop code libraries that contain frequently used routines, such as those related to opening a window and displaying it […]

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]]> CSS https://www.technipages.com/definition/css/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=css Fri, 16 Aug 2019 15:42:56 +0000 https://www.technipages.com/?post_type=definition&p=46195 Acronym for Cascading Style Sheet, It is a World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) standard for style sheets capable of indicating presentation formats (such as fonts, font sizes, and paragraph alignment) for HTML elements. Using syntax, Web authors can incorporate style statements using HTML 4.0’s style attribute, a separate style area (using the STYLE element) within […]

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]]> Microsoft Windows 95 https://www.technipages.com/definition/microsoft-windows-95/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=microsoft-windows-95 Fri, 16 Aug 2019 15:42:56 +0000 https://www.technipages.com/?post_type=definition&p=46198 A hybrid 16/32-bit operating system for Intel microprocessors that takes full advantage of the processing capabilities of Intel 80486 and Pentium microprocessors, while retaining downward compatibility with Windows 3.1 programs. Compared to Microsoft Windows 3.1, Windows 95 offers a redesigned graphical user interface (GUI) that enhances ease of learning as well as day-to-day usability. Additional […]

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