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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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Any technology that facilitates social interactions and is enabled by a communications capability, such as the Internet or a mobile device. Examples are social software (e.g., wikis, blogs, social ...

Domain: Technology; Category: Information technology

The universe of opportunities available for people (the general public) to actively participate in open group activities on the Web. The social Web is generally considered the human social aspect of ...

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Socialcasting provides lightweight, portable tools for the creation of scheduled and ad hoc live broadcasts. This space has evolved from consumer webcam videocasts to a clear bifurcation between a ...

Domain: Technology; Category: Information technology

SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication) is a self-describing messaging format that is used within the banking and finance industry to support electronic funds transfer. ...

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The Berkeley interprocess communications model. A socket specifies the end points of a two-way communications channel which connects two processes together so they can exchange information.

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Softswitch architecture comprises softswitches/MGCs, VoIP gateways and application servers. These are among the terms used to identify the major network elements of softswitch architecture. For our ...

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To provide services without a physical switch, a softswitch is connected to a server (a Sun Microsystems or Unix machine, for instance) that runs the application. A softswitch is also connected to a ...

Domain: Technology; Category: Information technology

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