Los Angeles' competitor to Silicon Valley; a region of many high-tech companies. This is somewhat of an antiquated term.

A disk space manager that help users allocate hard disk capacity. It features a pie chart that graphically displays disk contents; the user can navigate through files and folders just by clicking on the pie chart. The program reports the amount of space used and space wasted by files and folders. It gives an overview of how the drive’s free space might improve if it were set for a different cluster size or file system, without actually changing current settings. The program can also free additional space by compressing folders, reducing wasted space, or deleting folders no longer needed.

Download. To receive a data transmission.

An instant messaging program from Activerse, Inc.

The component of a device driver that communicates directly with the hardware device.

Typically a label applied to higher education classes that a student takes from home or any location other than the campus offering the program. These programs are increasingly offered via the Internet, and are designed to be accessible to the learner "anytime, anywhere." Term often may be interchanged with "e-learning," "online education," "online courses."

Broadcast-quality digital video format that is "raw," or not compressed. Uses 1MB for each frame.

Broadcast-quality digital video format that integrates with analog equipment.

Broadcast-quality digital video format recorded on half-inch tape. Is a cheaper alternative to D1 recording.

Framing format for T1 transmission. Places 12 T1 frames into a superframe.