Technical Glossary -- (Kurt Smith)
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Kurt says:" A combo of ICT business and mobile phone terms. From my own entry and by incorporating some other glossaries. Anyone who has something similar let me know. Mobile phones in particular.
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Talking (books, word processors, dictionaries)Multi-media computers can be used, with suitable software, to read aloud the words that appear on the screen. With some word processors this facility can be set to read each word as it is written or to read only when prompted by the user. | |
TCP transmission control protocol | ||
TCP/IPTCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) is the basic communication language or protocol of the Internet. It can also be used as a communications protocol in a private network (either an intranet or an extranet). When you are set up with direct access to the Internet, your computer is provided with a copy of the TCP/IP program just as every other computer that you may send messages to or get information from also has a copy of TCP/IP. | ||
Terminal (computer)A computer attached to a network, often known as a network station. Data is usually stored centrally on the server. | |
Test 1Test 1 | |
TestingIn general, testing is finding out how well something works. In terms of human beings, testing tells what level of knowledge or skill has been acquired. In computer hardware and software development, testing is used at key checkpoints in the overall process to determine whether objectives are being met. http://searchvb.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,290660,sid8_gci534970,00.html | |
TextText refers to character data, or to one of the segments of a program in memory. In Flash, text is written letters which are objects that themselves can be animated. | ||
Text artProcessing a small amount of text in a graphical way to produce special effects, as in logos etc. | |
Text conferencingEnables people in a conference group or chat room to exchange text messages, usually via the Internet, which will display simultaneously for each member of the group. | |