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The entire spectrum of technologies for information processing, including software, hardware, communications technologies and related services. In general, information technology (IT) does not include embedded technologies that do not generate data for enterprise use.

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The business service provider (BSP) is the extension of the application service provider (ASP) model into business process management. A BSP manages and operates standardized business processes on ...

Domain: Technology; Category: Information technology

Byte code is the intermediate code compiled and executed by a virtual machine (VM). Byte code can be used unchanged on any platform on which the VM operates.

Domain: Technology; Category: Information technology

The C programming language was created by Dennis Ritchie at the former Bell Laboratories in 1972. C provides very precise control of the computer’s operation.

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A cable service provider owns cable infrastructure and provides cable TV (and increasingly telecom services). Examples include Comcast and Time Warner Cable.

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A cache is defined as a temporary storage area for instructions and data near a computer’s central processing unit (CPU), usually implemented in high-speed memory. It replicates information from main ...

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A caching server is a device that efficiently stores frequently requested data from protocols such as Hypertext Transport Protocol (HTTP) and File Transfer Protocol (FTP) and has the ability to ...

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A call center is a group or department in which employees receive and make high volumes of telephone calls. Call centers can have internal customers (e.g., help desks) or external customers (e.g., ...

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