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Internet communication

All the ways used by people to communicate with each other over the Internet, including e-mail, instant messaging (IM), feedback on blogs, contact forms on Web sites, industry forums, chat rooms and social networking sites.

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Myria

Internet; Internet communication

A metric prefix meaning ten thousand. A myriabyte would be 10KB or 0.01MB. The symbols for myria are ma or my.

Multisession

Internet; Internet communication

A way of recording CD-ROM discs that adds data in blocks instead of recording the entire disc at once.

Multipath

Internet; Internet communication

The interference problem caused by the many routes information takes in a wireless transmission.

Pool fragmentation

Internet; Internet communication

As an operating system writes to and deletes data from the paged pool in RAM, gaps appear between blocks of data that are still current. New data larger than the existing gaps is often written ...

Interlaced display

Internet; Internet communication

The method of scanning the odd numbered horizontal lines making up a picture on a CRT (cathode-ray tube) monitor before then scanning the even numbered lines. This method is sometimes used when a ...

Polyphonic ringtone

Internet; Internet communication

Different cell phones support different types of ringtones. A polyphonic ringtone uses your phone's ability to emulate instrument sounds and play multiple tones at once. Phones that are ...

Intelligent hub

Internet; Internet communication

An intelligent hub serves as a central connecting point for a network. It is "intelligent" in that it's capable of more complex functioning, including switching, routing, bridging, and even LAN ...

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