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- backronym - An acronym (pronounced AK-ruh-nihm, from Greek acro- in the...
- backslash - The backslash ( \ ) is a typographic and/or keyboard mark t...
- backup storage - In computers, backup storage is storage that is i...
- backward combatible - Backward compatible (sometimes 'backwar...
- balanced scorecard - Balanced scorecard methodology is an anal...
- balanced scorecard methodology - Balanced scorecar...
- bar code - A bar code (often seen as a single word, barcode) is the smal...
- bar code (or barcode) - A bar code (often seen as a single ...
- barcode - A bar code (often seen as a single word, barcode) is the small ...
- barcode data - Barcode data (sometimes called point-of-sale data) is...
- barcode data (point-of-sale data, POS data)
- bare metal restore - In disaster recovery, a bare metal restor...
- baseband - Describes a telecommunication system in which information is ...
- Bayesian logic - Named for Thomas Bayes, an English clergyman and ...
- BCI - Brain-computer interface (BCI) is a collaboration between a brain and a...
- BCP - A disaster recovery plan (DRP) -- sometimes referred to as a business c...
- Bell Communications Research - Bellcore (Bell Commun...
- benchmark - A benchmark is a point of reference by which something can ...
- bespoke - Bespoke (pronounced bee-SPOHK) is a term used in the United Kin...
- best practices - A best practice is a technique or methodology tha...
- BIA - Business impact analysis (BIA) is an essential component of an organiza...
- BIC - A business information center (BIC) is an incubator for entrepeneurs de...
- binary - Binary describes a numbering scheme in which there are only two p...
- binary digit - A bit (short for binary digit) is the smallest unit o...
- binary prefix multipliers - Kibi, mebi, gibi, tebi, peb...
- binary search - A binary search, also called a dichotomizing search...
- binary search (dichotomizing search) - A bin...
- binary tree - A binary tree is a method of placing and locating files...
- binary-safe function - A binary-safe function is a function ...
- biochip - A biochip is a collection of miniaturized test sites (microarra...
- bioinformatics - Bioinformatics is the science of developing compu...
- biotechnology - Biotechnology is the use of biological processes, o...
- bit - A bit (short for binary digit) is the smallest unit of data in a computer.
- bit (binary digit) - A bit (short for binary digit) is the sma...
- bit padding - Bit padding is the addition of one or more extra bits t...
- bitwise - Bitwise data manipulation is working with data at the bit level...
- black box (black box testing) - A black box is any ...
- black hole - The term "black hole" is sometimes used to refer to an im...
- bloviate - To bloviate (pronounced BLOW-vee-ayt) is to speak or write ov...
- blue screen of death - The blue screen of death (BSOD), is t...
- blue screen of death (BSOD) - The blue screen of deat...
- BMI - Brain-computer interface (BCI) is a collaboration between a brain and a...
- Boole, George - George Boole (1815-1864) was a British mathematicia...
- boot - To boot (as a verb; also "to boot up") a computer is to load an opera...
- boot up - To boot (as a verb; also "to boot up") a computer is to load an...
- booting - To boot (as a verb; also "to boot up") a computer is to load an...
- bootstrap - A bootstrap is a small strap or loop at the back of a leath...
- bootstrapping - A bootstrap is a small strap or loop at the back of...
- bottleneck - A bottleneck is a stage in a process that causes the enti...
- boustrophedon - Boustrophedon (from Greek for ox-turning) is writin...
- BPCP - A disaster recovery plan (DRP) -- sometimes referred to as a business...
- BPO - Business process outsourcing (BPO) is the contracting of a specific bus...
- BPR - Business process reengineering (BPR) is the analysis and redesign of wo...
- Braille-ready file - Web-Braille is a delivery system that all...
- brain computer interface - Brain-computer interface (BCI...
- brain dump - A brain dump (sometimes spelled braindump, or brain-dump)...
- brain machine interface - Brain-computer interface (BCI) ...
- brain-computer interface - Brain-computer interface (BCI...
- brain-computer interface (BCI) - Brain-computer in...
- brain-dump - A brain dump (sometimes spelled braindump, or brain-dump)...
- braindump - A brain dump (sometimes spelled braindump, or brain-dump) i...
- brand - A brand is a product, service, or concept that is publicly distingu...
- brick server - A brick server is a compact computer server module wi...
- bring your own technology - Bring your own technology (...
- broadband - In general, broadband refers to telecommunication in which ...
- Browser Shortcut Cheat Sheets - Browser shortcuts c...
- BSM - Balanced scorecard methodology is an analysis technique designed to tra...
- BSOD - The blue screen of death (BSOD), is the informal name given by users ...
- BSP - A business service provider (BSP) is a company that rents third-party s...
- BSRAM - Burst SRAM is used as the external L1 and L2 memory for the Pentium...
- bubble help - In a computer user interface, bubble help is text infor...
- buckytube - In nanotechnology or the building of extremely small machin...
- buckytubes - In nanotechnology or the building of extremely small mach...
- buffer - A buffer is a data area shared by hardware devices or program pro...
- burn - Burn is a colloquial term meaning to write content to a CD, DVD, or o...
- burn rate - In venture investing and new company development, the burn ...
- burst - Burst is a term used in a number of information technology contexts...
- burst SRAM - Burst SRAM is used as the external L1 and L2 memory for t...
- burst SRAM (SynchBurst SRAM) - Burst SRAM is used as...
- Bush, Vannevar - An electrical engineer by training, Vannevar Bush...
- business continuance - Business continuance (sometimes refer...
- business continuance (business continuity)
- business continuity - Business continuance (sometimes referre...
- business continuity plan - A disaster recovery plan (DRP...
- business impact analysis - Business impact analysis (BIA...
- business impact analysis (BIA) - Business impact a...
- business process - A business process is an activity or set of a...
- business process contingency plan - A disaster ...
- business process outsourcing - Business process outs...
- business process outsourcing (BPO) - Business ...
- business process reengineering - Business process ...
- business process reengineering (BPR) - Busin...
- business service provider - A business service provider...
- business service provider (BSP) - A business serv...
- but aren't - A sniglet is a word that should be in the dictionary but ...
- butterfly effect - Chaos theory is the study of nonlinear dynami...
- BYOT - Bring your own technology (BYOT) is a policy that allows employees or...
- BYOT (bring your own technology) - Bring your ow...
- byte - In most computer systems, a byte is a unit of data that is eight bina...
- CA - A cellular automaton (CA) is a collection of cells arranged in a grid, su...
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