Jan 9 2009 7:34PM GMT
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
MiFi,
wireless LANs,
ad-hoc networks,
3G,
personal hotspots
Our WhatIs.com Tech Term is MiFi.
MiFi is a portable broadband wireless device about the size of a credit card that combines functions of a modem, router and access point. The device was designed to enable quick and easy local area network (LAN) setup.
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Secret Word of the Day
We get this term that describes a temporary network from a Latin word meaning for this. What’s the secret word?
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Acronym Challenge
The Wi in Wi-Fi stands for wireless — what does the Fi part stand for?
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Tech Trivia
What’s the specification number for IEEE’s family of wireless LAN standards?
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Learn Something New Every Day
Endgadget reports on MiFi.
Novatel has more information about MiFi in its press release.
Jan 6 2009 2:52AM GMT
Posted by: Margaret Rouse
quiz,
microblogging,
Twitter,
social networking,
Facebook
Our WhatIs.com Tech Term is microblogging
Microblogging is a web service that allows the subscriber to broadcast short messages to other subscribers of the service. The broadcasts can be text, photos or video. Twitter, Jaiku and the status feature on Facebook are three of the most popular microblogging services.
Are you a Know-IT-All? Test your tech vocabulary!
Secret Word of the Day
This is a series of entries posted to a single page in reverse-chronological order. What’s the secret word?
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Acronym Challenge
Twitter was written in a programming language called RoR. What does RoR stand for?
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Tech Trivia
In the 1980’s, before the arrival of the World Wide Web, what did you call an application for sharing or exchanging messages or other files on a network?
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Learn Something New Every Day
Microblogging for business
What are the risks of social networking sites?
Creating a sensible social network policy
When Micro-Blogging Grows Up
List of Enterprise Microblogging Tools: Twitter for the Intranet
Dec 27 2008 11:21PM GMT
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
VoIP,
telecommunications,
CIO,
collaboration,
videoconferencing,
communications,
Telepresence,
Tech Trivia,
connections
Our WhatIs.com Tech Term is Skype
Skype is an IP telephony service provider that offers free calling between subscribers and low-cost calling to people who don’t use the service. In addition to standard telephone calls, Skype enables file transfers, texting, video chat and videoconferencing.
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Secret Word of the Day
You could use this service to make a friend think it was the White House on the line when you called. What’s the secret word?
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Acronym Challenge
A CNG program inserts noise into the silent parts of conversations so you won’t think you’ve lost your connection. What does CNG stand for?
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Tech Trivia
Are communications over a cable modem Internet connection symmetric or asymmetric?
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IT Knowledge Exchange: VoIP Q&A
Browse the collection of questions and answers about VoIP or join ITKE to ask your own questions.
Telepresence and video conferencing: Reaping the benefits
The benefits of video communications technology have yet to be realized in many enterprises, but the right deployment and the right corporate culture can help these companies reap tremendous benefits.
Dec 2 2008 3:03PM GMT
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
wireless,
browsers,
telecommunications,
CIO,
instant messaging,
open source,
email,
electronics,
communications,
Tech Trivia
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is Fennec.
Tech Trivia
What was the first mobile phone virus?
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Secret Word of the Day
This wireless technology was named for a 10th century Danish king. What’s the secret word?
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IT Acronym Challenge
COO is a mobile positioning technique for finding a caller’s cell location. What does COO stand for?
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Nov 28 2008 10:56PM GMT
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
Networking,
telecommunications,
CIO,
DARPA,
communications,
Tech Trivia
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is Internet Routing in Space (IRIS).
Tech Trivia
Which protocol reassembles packets after they’ve arrived and forwards on to you as a complete file — TCP or IP?
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Secret Word of the Day
This is the ability of a computer, machine, electronic system or network to maintain limited functionality even when a large portion of it has been destroyed or rendered inoperative. What’s the secret word?
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IT Acronym Challenge
Vint Cerf helped NASA engineers design a DTN protocol that uses space probes and orbiters as deep space routers. What does DTN stand for?
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Nov 24 2008 1:42PM GMT
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
wireless,
telecommunications,
CIO,
electronics,
communications,
white space,
Tech Trivia,
radio
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is white space device (WSD).
Tech Trivia
What year did Western Union stop sending telegrams?
Answer (Scroll to the end of the definition.)
Secret Word of the Day
This is an electric current or electronic field used to convey data from one place to another. What’s the secret word?
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IT Acronym Challenge
Bit is a short word — but is it short for anything?
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Nov 18 2008 9:21PM GMT
Posted by: Alex Howard
Networking,
wireless,
telecommunications,
Net neutrality,
P2P,
CIO,
network administration,
Tech Trivia
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is Net neutrality.
Tech Trivia
If an ISP tracks bandwidth use and charges customers accordingly, what service model are they following?
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Secret Word of the Day
______ _______ is a frequent topic of debate between advocates of Net neutrality and proponents of a two-tiered system. It’s the practice of regulating network data transfer to assure a certain level of performance, QoS or ROI. What’s the secret word?
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IT Acronym Challenge
P2P networks clogging up ISP bandwidth with copyrighted media, particularly Bittorrent, are often cited in net neutrality debates. What does P2P stand for?
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Nov 17 2008 5:33PM GMT
Posted by: Alex Howard
Networking,
IBM,
telecommunications,
broadband,
electronics,
science,
communications,
Tech Trivia
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is Broadband over Power Line.
Tech Trivia
Some of the most ardent opposition to BPL comes from operators of this porcine-sounding hobby, as they feel that electromagnetic interference from power lines could disrupt their communications. What is it?
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Secret Word of the Day
BPL uses this this type of power, in which charge carriers in a conductor or semiconductor periodically reverse their direction of movement. What’s the secret word?
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IT Acronym Challenge
Quoth the Raven, “Evermore!” PoE is a technology for wired local area networks that allows the electrical current, necessary for the operation of each device, to be carried by the data cables rather than by power cords. What does PoE stand for?
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Nov 11 2008 11:58AM GMT
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
wireless,
telecommunications,
electronics,
science,
communications,
white space,
Tech Trivia,
radio
The WhatIs.com Word of the Day is cognitive radio.
Tech Trivia
Who demonstrated wireless communication in 1894?
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Secret Word of the Day
Dr. McCoy implanted these devices into Kirk and Spock, for tracking purposes, before they beamed down to the planet Ekos. It’s a wireless communications, monitoring, or control device that picks up and automatically responds to an incoming signal. What’s the secret word?
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IT Acronym Challenge
Radio waves carry information through their portion of the EM spectrum. What does EM stand for?
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