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1Network element — A network element is usually defined as a manageable logical entity uniting one or more physical devices. This allows distributed devices to be managed in a unified way using one management system. According to Telecommunications Act of 1996, the …
2Distributed GIS — concerns itself with GI Systems that do not have all of the system components in the same physical location. This could be the processing, the database, the rendering or the user interface. Examples of distributed systems are web based GIS,… …
3Network switching subsystem — (NSS) (or GSM core network) is the component of a GSM system that carries out call switching and mobility management functions for mobile phones roaming on the network of base stations. It is owned and deployed by mobile phone operators and… …
4Network-Centric Service-Oriented Enterprise (NCSOE) — is a new generation enterprise capable of conducting collaboration and management of internal and external information. Using Network Centric Enterprise Services (NCES) , the enterprise can now enforce information and decision superiority in a… …
5Distributed source coding — (DSC) is an important problem in information theory and communication. DSC problems regard the compression of multiple correlated information sources that do not communicate with each other.[1] By modeling the correlation between multiple sources …
6Distributed Coordination Function — (DCF) is the fundamental MAC technique of the IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN standard. DCF employs a CSMA/CA distributed algorithm and an optional virtual carrier sense using RTS and CTS control frames. DCF requires a station wishing to transmit to… …
7Distributed coordination function — (DCF) is the fundamental MAC technique of the IEEE 802.11 based WLAN standard. DCF employs a CSMA/CA with binary exponential backoff algorithm. DCF requires a station wishing to transmit to listen for the channel status for a DIFS interval. If… …
8Distributed web crawling — is a distributed computing technique whereby Internet search engines employ many computers to index the Internet via web crawling. Such systems may allow for users to voluntarily offer their own computing and bandwidth resources towards crawling… …
9Distributed generation — Distributed generation, also called on site generation, dispersed generation, embedded generation, decentralized generation, decentralized energy or distributed energy, generates electricity from many small energy sources. Local wind generator,… …
10distributed system — noun (computing) A system of computers connected by a network with each major function of the system being assigned to a different computer • • • Main Entry: ↑distribute * * * disˌtributed ˈsystem 7 [distributed system] noun a number of… …
