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The amount of information or data that can be sent over a network connection in a given period of time. Bandwidth is usually stated in bits per second (bps), kilobits per second (kbps), or megabits per second (mps).
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Baud is a measure of the symbol rate; that is, the number of distinct symbol changes (signaling events) made to the transmission medium per second in a digitally modulated signal. The term baud rate is also commonly used to refer to the symbol rate.
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Beta is the name given to a pre-release version of a software product. A beta version of software is supposed to be very close to the final product, but, in practice, it is more a way of getting users to test the software under real conditions.
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The binary numeral system, or base-2 number system, is a numeral system that represents numeric values using two symbols, usually 0 and 1. More specifically, the usual base-2 system is a positional notation with a radix of 2.
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A bit is a binary digit, taking a value of either 0 or 1. For example, the number 10010111 is 8 bits long, or in most cases, one modern PC byte. Binary digits are a basic unit of information storage and communication in digital computing and digital information theory.
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Blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject such as food, politics, or local news; some function as more personal online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, web pages, and other media related to its topic.
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Bluetooth® provides a way to connect and exchange information between devices such as mobile phones, laptops, PCs, printers, digital cameras, and video game consoles over a secure, globally unlicensed short-range radio frequency.
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Bookmarks are Web page locations (URLs) that are easily stored and retrieved. As a feature of all modern Internet web browsers, their primary purpose is to easily catalog and access web pages that a user has visited or will visit, by name rather than by address (URL).
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bps is referred as bits per second. It is a measurement of transmission speed. This is the speed at which data travels over a communications circuit.
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It is a network device used to connect two LANs using different cabling.
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A way of transmitting large amounts of data, voice, and video that is greater than telephony networks.
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Any software program that lets you surf the Internet and view web pages. Microsoft® Internet Explorer® and Mozilla Firefox® are two examples of browsers.
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By The Way: An acronym used when you are having a chat conversation.
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Using the Instant Message (IM) service on the AOL® service, you can chat with just one person on one IM window. But by using the Buddy Chat feature, you can invite a group of people and you can send and receive messages from all of them simultaneously.
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A Buddy List® is a collection of screen names in an Instant Messenger (IM) program.
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A byte is a set of 8 bits that represent a single character in the computer's memory.
