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61Internet /history and structure — By the end of 2001, official statistics put the number of Internet users in China at 33.7 million, showing an accelerating growth rate of 27 per cent over the preceding six month period (CNNIC 2002). Although this represents less than 3 per cent… …
62Complementary holism — is a social theory or conceptual framework proposed by Michael Albert and Robin Hahnel, that sees all societies as consisting of a Human Center and Institutional Boundaries, and that all social relations in the political, economic,… …
63Metcalfe's law — Two telephones can make only one connection, five can make 10 connections, and twelve can make 66 connections. Metcalfe s law states that the value of a telecommunications network is proportional to the square of the number of connected …
64Autonomic Networking — follows the concept of Autonomic Computing, an initiative started by IBM in 2001. Its ultimate aim is to create self managing networks to overcome the rapidly growing complexity of the Internet and other networks and to enable their further… …
65History of virtual learning environments 1990s — In the history of virtual learning environments, the 1990s was a time of growth, primarily due to advent of the affordable computer and of the Internet.1990s1990* Formal Systems Inc. of Princeton, NJ, USA introduces a DOS based Assessment… …
66TGV — The TGV ( train à grande vitesse , French for high speed train ) is France s high speed rail service developed by GEC Alsthom (now Alstom) and SNCF, the French national rail operator, and operated primarily by SNCF. Following the inaugural TGV… …
67Loopback — The term loopback (sometimes spelled loop back ) is generally used to describe methods or procedures of routing electronic signals, digital data streams, or other flows of items, from their originating facility quickly back to the same source… …
68Leased line — A leased line is a service contract between a provider and a customer, whereby the provider agrees to deliver a symmetric telecommunications line connecting two or more locations in exchange for a monthly rent (hence the term lease). It is… …
69Vehicle bus — A vehicle bus is an electronic communications network that interconnects components inside an automobile, bus, industrial or agricultural vehicle, ship, or aircraft. Due to the specialised requirements of each type of deployment (including… …
70transportation — /trans peuhr tay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of transporting. 2. the state of being transported. 3. the means of transport or conveyance. 4. the business of conveying people, goods, etc. 5. price of travel or transport by public conveyance; fare. 6.… …
