system independent data format
21Operating system — Operating systems …
22Container format (digital) — A container or wrapper format is a meta file format whose specification describes how different data elements and metadata coexist in a computer file. Among the earliest cross platform container formats were Distinguished Encoding Rules and the… …
23External Data Representation — (XDR) is an IETF standard from 1995 of the presentation layer in the OSI model. XDR allows data to be wrapped in an architecture independent manner so data can be transferred between heterogeneous computer systems. Converting from the local… …
24Planetary Data System — The Planetary Data System (PDS) is a distributed data system that NASA uses to archive data collected by Solar System robotic missions and ground based support data associated with those missions. PDS is managed by NASA Headquarters Planetary… …
25Traffic Collision Avoidance System — The Traffic alert and Collision Avoidance System (or TCAS) is an aircraft collision avoidance system designed to reduce the incidence of mid air collisions between aircraft. It monitors the airspace around an aircraft for other aircraft equipped… …
26Dual Independent Map Encoding — (DIME) is an encoding scheme developed by the US Bureau of the Census for efficiently storing geographical data. The committee behind the case study that eventually resulted in DIME was established in 1965, although the term DIME itself was first …
27SIDF — System Independent Data Format (Novell) …
28SIDF — System Independent Data Format (Novell) …
29Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System — The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, often abbreviated IPEDS, is the core postsecondary education data collection program for the National Center for Education Statistics, a part of the United States government. IPEDS has the… …
30Domain Name System — The Domain Name System (DNS) is a hierarchical distributed naming system for computers, services, or any resource connected to the Internet or a private network. It associates various information with domain names assigned to each of the… …
