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Internet protocol version 6 (IPv6)

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Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) is the next version of Internet Protocol (IP), designed to overcome several key limitations of IP version 4 (IPv4), the most widely used networking protocol.

Hub

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A central device, usually in a star topology local-area network (LAN), to which each station's wiring is attached. Also called wiring concentrator.

Hyperlink

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An area on a Web page that, when clicked on with a mouse, will transport the user to another Web page.

Data mining

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The process of discovering meaningful correlations, patterns and trends by sifting through large amounts of data stored in repositories. Data mining employs pattern recognition technologies, as well ...

Digital switching

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The process of establishing and maintaining a connexion under stored programme control where binary-encoded information is routed between an input and an output port.

Emotion detection

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Emotion detection is the task of recognising a person's emotional state — for example, anger, confusion or deceit across both voice and nonvoice channels.

Encapsulation

Computer; Computer science

Encapsulation describes the binding and the hiding of the underlying implementation of an object's data and operations. The data is wrapped in a particular type of protocol header.

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