Information Technology Reference
In-Depth Information
and. lies. at. the. heart. of. the. U.S.. Government. anti-
trust.(monopoly).case.against.Microsoft..The.only.real.
effect.of.this.case.upon.users.is.likely.to.be.that.in.the.
future. browser. applications. will. have. to. be. acquired.
and.installed.separately,.rather.than.being.supplied.as.
part.of.an.operating.system.
Bug:. A. fault. in. a. computer. system,. usually. associated. with.
software.. The. term. apparently. stems. from. the. early.
(pretransistor).days.of.computing.when.machines.used.
myriad.valves.and.miles.of.wire..An.apocryphal.tale.
has.it.that.one.machine.refused.to.work.and,.on.exam-
ination.of.its.innards,.revealed.a.moth.that.had.expired.
across.some.terminals,.thereby.causing.a.short.circuit..
Once. “debugged,”. the. machine. worked. perfectly,. or.
so.it.is.said.
Business Continuity Planning (BCP):. Usually.includes.the.
following. planning. activities:. Business. Resumption.
Plan,.Business.Recovery.Plan,.and.Disaster.Recovery.
Plan..BCP.should.also.include.Recovery.Time.Objective.
(RTO),. which. is. the. amount. of. time. an. organization.
can.do.without.an.IT-based.business.process.before.the.
organization's.mission.is.harmed.
Cable Modem:. Cable. companies. such. as. Comcast. provide.
Internet. access. over. cable. TV. coaxial. cable.. A. cable.
modem.accepts.this.coaxial.cable.and.can.receive.data.
from.the.Internet.at.over.1.5.Mbps..Cable.access.to.the.
Internet.is.currently.available.in.only.certain.communities.
CCTV (Closed-Circuit Television):. Used.as.a.security.device.
and. also. a. deterrent. around. ofice. buildings,. stores,.
campus.sites,.and.so.forth..CCTV.cameras.will.usually.
have. their. output. recorded. onto. videotape. to. enable.
any.suspicious.activity.to.be.subsequently.reviewed.
CD/CD-ROM:. Since.their.introduction.in.the.early.1980s,.
CDs.(compact.disks).have.gradually.replaced.the.older.
vinyl. disks. as. a. means. of. music. storage.. However,.
while. the. term.
CD.
was. adopted. for. CDs. that. store.
music,. the. term.
CD-ROM
. (CD. read-only. memory).
