Last chance to win an Xbox 360

Thu, 02 Feb., 2006 | Posted in Techtionary | Section: Technology

Linux

It is a Unix-like computer operating system family which uses the Linux kernel

Fri, 03 Oct., 2008 | Posted in Techtionary | Section: oss

Load balancing

In computer networking, Load Balancing is a technique to spread work between two or more computers, network links, CPUs, hard drives, or other resources, in order to get optimal resource utilization, throughput, or response time.

Wed, 17 Sept., 2008 | Posted in Techtionary | Section: Technology

Load testing

It  is the process of creating demand on a system or device and measuring its response

Wed, 11 June, 2008 | Posted in Techtionary | Section: Technology

Lost in Cyberspace

In television commercials, on the news, and in newspaper articles, we are constantly being told about the dangers lurking in “cyberspace”

Mon, 16 Jan., 2006 | Posted in Techtionary | Section: Technology

M-Commerce

M-Commerce or Mobile commerce is a loose term used to describe the E-commerce services on a wireless device

Thu, 15 March, 2007 | Posted in Techtionary | Section: Technology

MAC

Macintosh, or for newer models, Mac, is a brand name which covers several lines of personal computers designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc.

Mon, 04 Feb., 2008 | Posted in Techtionary | Section: Technology

MP3

MPEG-3 or normally referred to as MP3 is a format that compresses the images and audio without any loss in the quality of the image or sound

Mon, 26 Feb., 2007 | Posted in Techtionary | Section: Technology

MacOS

MacOS is popular operating system used on the Apple range of computers and is more known for handling multimedia and graphic intensive tasks

Mon, 23 April, 2007 | Posted in Techtionary | Section: Technology

Macro

A macro in computer science is an abstraction, that defines how a certain input pattern is replaced by an output pattern according to a defined set of rules

Wed, 24 Jan., 2007 | Posted in Techtionary | Section: Technology

Mainframe

As with many people who spend too much time with computers and not enough with persons of the opposite gender

Mon, 23 Jan., 2006 | Posted in Techtionary | Section: Technology

Malware

I’m back after a well deserved and enjoyable break, and as it’s the spring it’s time for another show

Tue, 25 April, 2006 | Posted in Techtionary | Section: Technology

Microsoft Access

Access your data

Fri, 25 May, 2007 | Posted in Techtionary | Section: Technology

Microsoft Virtual PC

It is a virtualization suite for Microsoft Windows operating systems, and an emulation suite for Mac OS X on PowerPC-based systems

Fri, 09 May, 2008 | Posted in Techtionary | Section: Technology

Microsoft Virtual Server

It is a virtualization solution that facilitates the creation of virtual machines on the Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 operating systems

Tue, 15 April, 2008 | Posted in Techtionary | Section: Technology

Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows is the name of several families of software operating systems by Microsoft.

Thu, 06 March, 2008 | Posted in Techtionary | Section: Technology

Middleware

I first encountered the concept of middleware some years back. My editor at the time was speaking very earnestly about doing an article on the rise of middleware

Tue, 17 Jan., 2006 | Posted in Techtionary | Section: Technology

Modems

A modem is a communication device that allows for transfer of data between two computers at different places

Wed, 14 Feb., 2007 | Posted in Techtionary | Section: Technology

Mozilla

Technical jargon has always fascinated me; I love the words and phrases and quite happily blather on for ages using language whose meaning I have little or no understanding of

Tue, 10 Jan., 2006 | Posted in Techtionary | Section: oss

Multi-core

A multi-core CPU (or chip-level multiprocessor, CMP) combines two or more independent cores into a single package composed of a single integrated circuit (IC), called a die, or more dies packaged together

Mon, 15 Sept., 2008 | Posted in Techtionary | Section: Technology