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[http://www.geek.com/] Apple Android PS4 Science! Gaming News Apps Culture Mobile Tablets Deals Geek Answers Follow Us Twitter Facebook StumbleUpon Google+ LinkedIn RSS Feed Get more Geek right in your inbox Subscribing to a newsletter indicates your consent to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy . Facebook Twitter Googleplus Rss Glossary Follow @geekdotcom NEWSLETTER Subscribing to a newsletter indicates your consent to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy . More Geek Warning: Apple’s iBookstore is a lock-in! David Pogue impersonates Steve Ballmer, does monkey dance routine at Macworld 2010 IBM bringing Lotus to the Mac and iPhone Macworld 2010: Outlook and the Ribbon interface debut in Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 Find all things “i” in the iLounge Pavilion at CES 2010 1-tier architecture A simple form of standalone application architecture where everything resides in a single program. Contrast this to 2-tier and 3-tier architectures. 1000BaseT (Gigabit Ethernet) An extension of 100BaseT that runs 10 times faster than 100BaseT. It’s theoretically capable of 1Gbps (1000Mbps) transmission speed, and requires Category 6 cables to run over copper wire. Gigabit Ethernet can run […] 100BaseT An extension of 10BaseT that runs 10 times faster than 10BaseT over copper wire. It’s theoretically capable of 100Mbps transmission speed. The drawback for some installations is that it requires more expensive Category […] 10Base2 A type of Ethernet cable that has been largely phased out. It’s also known as “thinnet.” Cable speeds are typically up to 10Mbps. 10Base2 uses RG-58 coaxial cable in a bus topology configuration […] 10Base5 The original Ethernet specification, which is now more uncommon than 10Base2. It’s also known as “thicknet.” Cable speeds are typically up to 10Mbps. 10Base5 uses RG-11 coaxial cable in a bus topology configuration […] 10BaseT A type of Ethernet cable topology that uses RJ-45 connectors, twisted pair wiring, and a star topology. Transmission speed is 10Mbps. 128-bit Operating Systems Operating systems may eventually be 128-bit. The ability to address 128 bits of memory space is something that may someday be necessary for huge databases, and will speed up operations. Of course, this […] 128-bit Video The bits referred to here describe the bus between the GPU and the video memory. Typically, larger buses mean faster video, but it also depends on the transmission speed over that bus. The […] 1394 IEEE standard (FireWire) A serial connection technology that promises to speed data at 200-800Mbps and up. Digital video camera manufacturers and Apple have embraced this connection standard. It is also available on PCs, but adoption is […] 16-bit Operating Systems DOS and Windows 3.x are 16-bit operating systems. They are limited in complexity and suffer instability and slow speed (compared to 32-bit OSes) when run on 32-bit processors like the 386DX-compatible chips and […] 2-tier architecture Applications that have a code base (1-tier) separate from the database management system (1-tier), such as using Delphi to interact with Microsoft SQL Server (1+1 = 2 tier). The application code resides on […] 2.5G Second generation wireless technology (2G) with incomplete third generation (3G) technology added to it. 2G (2nd Generation Wireless) Wireless technology used in the 1990s, and which is still in use in the year 2000 and later. It features digital encoding of voice, and 3G features are slowly being added to form […] 3-tier architecture This architecture splits the user interface from the application logic. Servers handle the database management and application logic. This works out to less complexity at the client and a more scalable application. Additional […] 32-bit Chips (32-bit processor) This type of processor can run a 32-bit OS, such as Windows NT or some versions of UNIX. You can also run a 16-bit or lesser OS, but performance is not optimal. Intel’s […] 1 2 3 4 … 140 Next About Contact Jobs Archives Glossary Forums Advertise PCMag.com ExtremeTech ComputerShopper Logicbuy Toolbox.com ziff davis © 1996-2014 Ziff Davis, LLC. PCMag Digital Group Privacy Policy Terms of Use