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Bearer Channel. It is a 64 Kbps communication channel in ISDN.
BBS (Bulletin Board System)A computerized meeting and announcement system that allows people to carry on discussions, upload...
BRI (Basic Rate Interface)A BRI line is one of two access methods for ISDN (the other one is Primary Rate Interface - PRI)....
BackboneMain high-speed network connection composing the Internet. Backbones are operated by major...
BandwidthBandwidth is defined as a range within a band of frequencies or wavelengths. In computer...
BannerAlso referred to as a banner ad, a banner is a typically rectangular advertisement placed on a...
BaudUnit of signaling speed equal to the number of discrete signal elements transmited per second....
BinaryData represented in binary format uses only two digits - 0 and 1.
Binhex(BINary HEXadecimal) -- A method for converting non-text files (non-ASCII) into ASCII. This is...
Bits and BytesWhen you start talking about lots of bytes, you get into prefixes like kilo, mega and giga, as in...
BookmarkA way of storing a frequently visited website address. It is then easier to access the website in...
BotAn automated piece of software that can be used in chat rooms or to crawl the web.
Bps (Bits-Per-Second)A measurement of how fast data is moved from one place to another. A 28.8 modem can move 28,800...
BridgeA network device used to connect two LANs using different cabling.
BroadcastSending a packet to all machines on the network.
BrowserComputer program that allows to search the World Wide Web and displays the content of the...
Browser SniffingThe process in which the web site tries to determine what kind of web browser the user is using....
Burstable BandwidthA hosting option that allows sites to use the available network capacity to handle periods of...