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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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An access point is a pico base station or network access point in a WLAN radio network, consisting of a radio (often more than one) and a network connection, enabling WLAN clients to access network ...

Domain: Technology; Category: Information technology

Accountable care organization (ACO) is an umbrella term for a major switch in contracting between providers and public or private payers. In an ACO model, a group of providers, operating as a legal ...

Domain: Technology; Category: Information technology

The Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) is an organization, certified by the American National Standards Institute, that produces standard communication protocols for electronic data interchange.

Domain: Technology; Category: Information technology

An active data dictionary facility for storing dynamically accessible and modifiable information relating to midrange-system data definitions and descriptions.

Domain: Technology; Category: Information technology

Active Directory is the “directory service” portion of the Windows 2000 operating system. Active Directory manages the identities and relationships of the distributed resources that make up a network ...

Domain: Technology; Category: Information technology

Active matrix organic light-emitting diodes (AMOLEDs) consist of pixels of electroluminescent organic compounds “printed” in a matrix onto a base layer. This base layer is currently glass and will be ...

Domain: Technology; Category: Information technology

ActiveX is an application programming interface (API) that enhances Microsoft’s OLE protocol. Often compared to Java, ActiveX facilitates various Internet applications, and therefore extends and ...

Domain: Technology; Category: Information technology

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