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person. from. disclosing,. conidential. communications.
between.the.client.and.his.or.her.attorney..Such.privi-
lege. protects. communications. between. attorney. and.
client.which.are.made.for.the.purpose.of.furnishing.or.
obtaining.professional.legal.advice.or.assistance..That.
privilege.permits.an.attorney.to.refuse.to.testify.as.to.
communications.from.the.client..It.belongs.to.the.cli-
ent,.not.the.attorney,.and.hence.only.the.client.may.
waive. it.. In. federal. courts,. state. law. is. applied. with.
respect.to.such.privilege.
Process:. In.business.terms,.refers.to.a.series.of.linked.tasks,.
which. together. result. in. a. speciied. objective.. One.
can.identify.the.sales.process.that.could.start.with.the.
identiication. of. markets,. through. to. prospecting,. to.
making.the.sale,.and.to.the.receipt.of.payment.
. . In.computer.terms,.a.process.refers.to.one.of.doz-
ens.of.programs.running.to.keep.the.computer.run-
ning..When.you.run.a.software.program,.a.number.of.
processes.may.be.started..Take.a.look.at.the.Windows.
Task.Manager.in.Windows.NT.or.2000.and.select.the.
Processes.tab..You.may.be.surprised.to.see.the.num-
ber.of.processes.running,.each.with.its.own.Process.
ID. number. so. that. the. operating. system. can. track.
each.one.
Production System:. A. (computer). system. is. said. to. be. in.
production. when. it. is. in. live,. day-to-day. operation..
Systems.that.have.been.developed.and.tested.are.said.
to.be.“migrated.into.production.”
Protocol:. A. set. of. formal. rules. describing. how. to. transmit.
data,. especially. across. a. network.. Low-level. proto-
cols.deine.the.electrical.and.physical.standards.to.be.
observed,.bit-.and.byte-ordering.and.the.transmission.
and.error.detection.and.correction.of.the.bit.stream..
High-level. protocols. deal. with. the. data. formatting,.
including. the. syntax. of. messages,. the. terminal-to-
computer.dialogue,.character.sets,.sequencing.of.mes-
sages,.and.so.forth..Some.examples.of.protocols.are.
