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- honey monkey - A honey monkey is a virtual computer system that is p...
- honey pot - A honey pot is a computer system on the Internet that is ex...
- honey pot (honeypot) - A honey pot is a computer system on t...
- honeypot - A honey pot is a computer system on the Internet that is expr...
- hosting - Hosting (also known as Web site hosting, Web hosting, and Webho...
- hosting (Web site hosting, Web hosting, and Web...
- HTTPD - On the Web, each server has an HTTPD or Hypertext Transfer Protocol...
- hyper - As an adjective, hyper is slang for "keyed up" or "overwrought.
- Hypertext Transfer Protocol daemon - On the We...
- Hypertext Transfer Protocol daemon (HTTPD)
- i-Net - An iNet (pronounced AI-neht) is any network that uses the Internet ...
- IAM - Integrated access management (IAM) is a combination of business process...
- ice - Ice, jello, and liquid are related terms describing three approaches to...
- IceNewk - On the Internet, ping of death is a denial of service (DoS) att...
- ICMP bug - On the Internet, ping of death is a denial of service (DoS) a...
- IM - Instant messaging (sometimes called IM or IMing) is the ability to easily...
- IMing - Instant messaging (sometimes called IM or IMing) is the ability to ...
- incentivize - Incentivize is to offer a reward, such as money or a fr...
- iNet - An iNet (pronounced AI-neht) is any network that uses the Internet Pr...
- infomediary - An infomediary is a Web site that provides specialized ...
- information war - According to the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investi...
- infosurfing - Infosurfing is using the Internet and World Wide Web so...
- instant message - Instant messaging (sometimes called IM or IMing...
- instant messaging - Instant messaging (sometimes called IM or I...
- instant messaging (IM or IM-ing or AIM)
- integrated access management - Integrated access man...
- integrated access management (IAM) - Integrate...
- intellectual capital - Intellectual capital is knowledge tha...
- internal net - An internalnet is a network that transmits informatio...
- internalnet - An internalnet is a network that transmits information ...
- internesia - Internesia is an inability to remember which Web site or ...
- Internet addiction - Internet addiction is a psychological dis...
- Internet meme - What is an Internet meme?An Internet meme is a cult...
- Internet Open Trading Protocol - Internet Open Tra...
- Internet Open Trading Protocol (IOTP) - Int...
- Internet presence provider and promoter
- Internet Protocol Version 6 - IPv6 (Internet Protocol...
- Internet traffic - A quick way to understand the volume of traff...
- Internet2 - Internet2 is a collaboration among more than 100 U.S. unive...
- IOTP - Internet Open Trading Protocol (IOTP) is a set of standards that make...
- IPng - IPv6 (Internet Protocol Version 6) is the latest level of the Interne...
- IPPP - An IPPP (Internet presence provider and promoter) is a company that h...
- IPPP (Internet presence provider and promoter)
- IPv6 - IPv6 (Internet Protocol Version 6) is the latest level of the Interne...
- IPv6 (Internet Protocol Version 6) - IPv6 (Int...
- Japanese emoticons - In Japan, users have worked out emoticons...
- jello - Ice, jello, and liquid are related terms describing three approache...
- Joe - A Joe job is an e-mail spoofing exploit in which someone sends out huge...
- Joe job - A Joe job is an e-mail spoofing exploit in which someone sends ...
- Joeing - A Joe job is an e-mail spoofing exploit in which someone sends ou...
- Juarez - Warez (pronounced as though spelled "wares" or possibly by some p...
- jump page - In Web advertising and marketing, a jump page is a Web page...
- keiretsu - In corporate culture, keiretsu refers to a uniquely Japanese ...
- keyword stuffing - Keyword stuffing is the practice of inserting...
- lamb - In biometric verification, a goat is a system end-user who is refused...
- lamer - Lamer is a term used on interactive Web sites to describe an irrita...
- LAMP - LAMP is an open source Web development platform that uses Linux as th...
- LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) - LAMP is an op...
- landing page - In Web advertising and marketing, a jump page is a We...
- Learning Path: Cyberculture - This page provides alea...
- leet - Leet speak, also known as leet, leetspeak, leetspeek, or hakspeak, is...
- leet speak - Leet speak, also known as leet, leetspeak, leetspeek, or ...
- leet speak (leet, leetspeak, leetspeek, or haks...
- leetspeak - Leet speak, also known as leet, leetspeak, leetspeek, or ha...
- leetspeek - Leet speak, also known as leet, leetspeak, leetspeek, or ha...
- likebaiting - Likebaiting is the practice of trying to compel Faceboo...
- linkbaiting - Linkbaiting is the practice of crafting content that is...
- LinkedIn - LinkedIn is a social networking site designed specifically fo...
- Linux Apache MySQL PHP - LAMP is an open source Web develo...
- Linux logo - Tux, the penguin, is the generally accepted official logo...
- list washing - In the language of spam, list washing is the process ...
- logic bomb - In a computer program, a logic bomb, also called slag cod...
- logic bomb (slag code) - In a computer program, a logic bo...
- long ICMP - On the Internet, ping of death is a denial of service (DoS)...
- long tail - The long tail is a frequency distribution pattern in which ...
- look to book - The look-to-book ratio is a figure used in the travel...
- look-to-book ratio - The look-to-book ratio is a figure used i...
- Luddite - A Luddite is a person who dislikes technology, especially techn...
- lurking - Lurking is the very common practice of reading an online or e-m...
- malicious software - Malware (for "malicious software") is any...
- malware - Malware (for "malicious software") is any program or file that ...
- malware (malicious software) - Malware (for "malicio...
- Mapuccino - Mapuccino is a Java applet or small program that can show a...
- masthead - On the Internet, a masthead is a graphic image or text title ...
- matrix - Apart from information technology, matrix (pronounced MAY-triks) ...
- Matrix, The - Apart from information technology, matrix (pronounced M...
- MBone - The MBone, now sometimes called the Multicast Internet, is an arran...
- MBone (Multicast Internet) - The MBone, now sometimes ...
- menu bar - The menu bar is the part of a browser or application window, ...
- messaging software - Instant messaging (sometimes called IM or...
- microblogging - Microblogging is a web service that allows the subs...
- millennial generation - Millennials, an abbreviation for mi...
- millennials - Millennials, an abbreviation for millennial generation,...
- millennials (millennial generation) - Millenn...
- MIM - A MIM or MME file is a file in the Multi-Purpose Internet Mail Extensio...
- MIM (MME) - A MIM or MME file is a file in the Multi-Purpose Internet M...
- MIME - What is MIME? MIME (Multi-Purpose Internet Mail Extensions) is an ext...
- MIME (Multi-Purpose Internet Mail Extensions)
- MME - A MIM or MME file is a file in the Multi-Purpose Internet Mail Extensio...
- mobbing - A flash mob is a group of strangers who organize themselves, us...
- mobile computing - Nomadic computing, another name for mobile co...
- mobster - A flash mob is a group of strangers who organize themselves, us...
- mouse potato - A mouse potato is the computer equivalent of televisi...
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- Apple Authorized Service Provider (Apple ASP)
  
  An Apple Authorized Service Provider (Apple ASP) is an individual or organization that can legally service Apple products although their warranties are held by other entities. Service by anyone other than an authorized service provider (ASP) will render a product's warranty void.
- authorized service provider (ASP)
  
  An authorized service provider (ASP) is an individual or an organization that is permitted to service products that are covered by warranties held by another entity. Service conducted by anyone other than an authorized service provider will generally render a warranty void.
- hosted services
  
  Hosted services are outsourced information technology (IT) systems and functions. A hosted service provider owns and oversees infrastructure, software and administrative tasks and makes the system available to clients, usually over the Internet.
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  DCPromo (Domain Controller Promoter) is a tool in Active Directory that installs and removes Active Directory Domain Services and promotes domain controllers.
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- Opscode Chef
  
  Chef is an open-source systems management and cloud infrastructure automation framework created by Opscode. Devops can use Chef to deploy and manage servers and applications in-house and in the cloud.
- Zabbix
  
  Zabbix is an open-source tool designed to monitor networks, servers, appliances and other hardware through a Linux-based server, which communicates to the native agents that are available for many operating systems, including Linux, UNIX and Windows.
- bare-metal provisioning
  
  Bare-metal provisioning is the process of installing an operating system (OS) or Type 1 hypervisor directly on a computer's hardware.
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- SoMoClo (social, mobile and cloud)
  
  SoMoClo (social, mobile and cloud) is the convergence of collaborative, on-the-go technologies that allow users to access data and applications from anywhere at any time.
- SoLoMo (social, local and mobile)
  
  SoLoMo (social, local and mobile) is a term representing the convergence of collaborative, location-based and on-the-go technologies, primarily used for marketing and discovery purposes.
- Samsung Galaxy Note (Samsung GN)
  
  Samsung Galaxy Note is a large Android smartphone with a touchscreen and stylus that is manufactured by Samsung Electronics.
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- Vine (Vine app)
  
  Vine is a free mobile application that enables users to record and share an unlimited number of short, looping video clips with a maximum length of six seconds.
- Google Wallet
  
  Google Wallet is a mobile payment system developed by Google that allows smartphone users to store debit and credit card information for online and in-store purchases.
- sunk cost (SC)
  
  A sunk cost is money that has already been spent and cannot be recovered. Logic dictates that because sunk costs will not change -- no matter what actions are taken -- they should not play a role in decision-making. Emotionally, however, the more someone invests time, effort and money on something, the harder it becomes to leave it and move on.
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- I/O contention (input/output contention)
  
  I/O contention (input/output contention), occurs when virtual machines compete for I/O resources because there is a limited storage bandwidth.
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  Erasure coding (EC) is a method of data protection in which data is broken into fragments, expanded and encoded with redundant data pieces, and stored across a set of different locations, such as disks, storage nodes or geographic locations.
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  The Parallel Network File System (pNFS) is part of the NFS v4.1 protocol that allows compute clients to access storage devices directly and in parallel.

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