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• November 11, 2014 11Nov2014 Definição

  third party

  A third party is an entity that is involved in some way in an interaction that is primarily between two other entities. The third party may or may not be officially a part of the transaction between the two primary entities (known as the first party... Continue Reading

• October 09, 2014 09Oct2014 Definição

  Hewlett-Packard (HP)

  HP (Hewlett-Packard) is a prominent IT company based in Palo Alto, California. The company's products include PCs and other computing devices, enterprise and industry standard servers, related storage devices, networking products, software and a ... Continue Reading

• August 29, 2014 29Aug2014 Definição

  GPS tracking

  GPS tracking is the surveillance of location through use of the Global Positioning System (GPS ) to track the location of an entity or object remotely. The technology can pinpoint longitude, latitude, ground speed, and course direction of the target. Continue Reading

• August 29, 2014 29Aug2014 Definição

  magnetic storage

  Magnetic storage has been around in many forms since 1888 by Oberlan Smith, who publicized his audio recording on a wire in Electrical World. In broad terms, magnetic storage mostly works very similarly to Smith's recording. Read and write heads (... Continue Reading

• July 16, 2014 16Jul2014 Definição

  frequency jammer

  Frequency jamming is the disruption of radio signals through use of an over-powered signal in the same frequency range. When most people think of frequency jamming, what comes to mind are radio, radar and cell phone jamming. However, any ... Continue Reading

• July 01, 2014 01Jul2014 Definição

  implied consent

  Implied consent is an assumption of permission to do something that is inferred from an individual's actions rather than explicitly provided. In the context of commercial email and texts, for example, implied consent may be assumed by the senders ... Continue Reading

• June 23, 2014 23Jun2014 Definição

  limitation of liability clause

  A limitation of liability clause is the section in a service-level agreement (SLA) that specifies the amounts and types of damages that each party will be obliged to provide to the other in particular circumstances. In a legal context, a liability ... Continue Reading

• June 19, 2014 19Jun2014 Definição

  anode

  An anode is the electrode in a polarized electrical device through which current flows in from an outside circuit. Conversely, a cathode is the eletrode in a polarized electrical device through which current flows out. Cathodes get their name from ... Continue Reading

• June 19, 2014 19Jun2014 Definição

  cathode

  A cathode is the metallic electrode through which current flows out in a polarized electrical device. Conversely, an anode is the electrode in a polarized electrical device through which current flows in from an outside circuit. Cathodes get their ... Continue Reading

• May 22, 2014 22May2014 Definição

  NetFlow

  NetFlow is a network protocol developed by Cisco for the collection and monitoring of network traffic flow data that is generated by most Cisco routers and switches.  Continue Reading

• February 18, 2014 18Feb2014 Definição

  geothermal cooling

  Geothermal cooling is a type of renewable energy system that moves heat from a building to below the earth’s surface, using the ground like a heatsink. Geothermal systems cool in much the same way that they heat, moving hot air through a geothermal ... Continue Reading

• January 19, 2014 19Jan2014 Definição

  ASAP, ALAP and ATAP

  ASAP, ATAP and ALAP are acronyms that stand for, respectively, as soon as possible, as timely as possible and as late as possible. The acronyms ASAP and ALAP are frequently heard in relation to scheduling and project managing but are also widely ... Continue Reading