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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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A defined protocol with options applicable for specific functions that can be implemented as a product. Also called a functional standard or functional profile.

Domain: Technology; Category: Information technology

Refers to a device’s capability to perform its function independent of the communications protocol.

Domain: Technology; Category: Information technology

A network management agent that comes between an unmanaged device and a management system, allowing management by proxy, i.e., on behalf of the device.

Domain: Technology; Category: Information technology

Devices that process and filter all Internet Protocol (IP) packets that are directed to them and decide which protocols and services can be served out of their caches. Proxy servers tend to offer the ...

Domain: Technology; Category: Information technology

The public half of the asymmetric key pair used in public-key cryptography (see separate entry).

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An encryption technique developed to overcome the limitations of secret-key cryptography (see separate entry). Public key (also called “asymmetric key”) cryptography uses two mathematically related ...

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Public-key infrastructure (PKI) was developed mainly to support secure information exchanges over unsecure networks. It has been used to ensure that the person identified as sending a transaction is ...

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