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11quarter-inch cartridge — Abbreviated QIC. A set of tape standards defined by the Quarter Inch Cartridge Drive Standards Association, a trade association established in 1987. Several standards are in use today as Table Q.1 shows. TABLE Q.1 QIC CAPACITIES QIC… …
12Small Computer System Interface — Abbreviated SCSI, which is pronounced [scuzzy]. A high speed parallel interface defined by the ANSI X3T9.2 committee. SCSI is used to connect a computer to peripheral devices using only one port. Devices connected in this way are said to be …
13access control list — Abbreviated ACL. A list or table containing information about the users, processes, and objects that can access a specific file or object. ACLs are usually attached to file system directories, and they specify access permissions such as read,… …
14Address Resolution Protocol — Abbreviated ARP. A protocol within TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) and AppleTalk networks that allows a host to find the physical address of a node on the same network when it knows only the target s logical or IP… …
15information node — Abbreviated i node, sometimes written inode, pronounced [eye node]. In Unix, a data structure on disk that describes a file. Each directory entry associates a filename with an i node; although a single file may have several filenames, one… …
16Optical Carrier — Abbreviated OC. A set of Synchronous Optical Network (SONET) hierarchies that define how digital signals are multiplexed over fiber optic cable. SONET is the physical layer standard used by telephone carriers to connect longdistance services.… …
17optical character recognition — Abbreviated OCR. The computer recognition of printed or typed characters. OCR is usually performed using a standard optical scanner and special software, although some systems use special readers. The text is reproduced just as though it had… …
18Nelonen (football league) — Nelonen (Finnish) Fyran (Swedish) Nelonen 2009 League Tables Nation …
19formal logic — the branch of logic concerned exclusively with the principles of deductive reasoning and with the form rather than the content of propositions. [1855 60] * * * Introduction the abstract study of propositions, statements, or assertively used …
20Bengali alphabet — Bengali abugida Type Abugida Languages Bengali Time period 11th Century to the present …
