Digital Service Unit/Channel Service Unit. A way of connecting a communications line to an external digital circuit.
DATACOM
Data Communications.
DTVC
Desktop Video Conferencing.
DAI
Distributed Artificial Intelligence.
DAL
Data Access Language. An Apple database interface that enables Macintosh computers to access certain databases on other computers and platforms.
DARPA
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The Federal agency that began as ARPA, and started the Internet. It became ARPA again in 1990.
DAV
Digital Audio Video.
DBMS
Data Base Management System. A complex set of programs that control the organization, storage and retrieval of data for many users; extensively used in business environments. Data is organized in fields, records and files. A database management system must also control the security of the database. Examples of database management systems are Oracle, Sybase, and Datacom.
DBS
Database Server. The computer in a local area network that stores and manages the database, retrieving files for clients in the network.