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The ability for a device from one manufacturer to work with one from another.
Industry:Technology
Internet TV is the video streaming of licensed professional content (typically TV shows, live events and movies). “TV” here refers to the nature and status of the content. It drives the key requirement that access be selectively controlled, based on licensing arrangements, which place restrictions on who may see the content (that is, subscribers only), and where and when the content may be seen. Broadband connected TVs, game consoles, open set-top boxes, PCs, smartphones and media tablets are all considered receivers of Internet TV.
Industry:Technology
Term used to describe packetized IP voice traffic sent over the Internet (as distinct from a private or managed IP telecommunications infrastructure). When used to enable Internet telephony from a PC, it requires client software on the PC such as Skype, plus a broadband connection with minimal latency. See also IP telephony and VoIP.
Industry:Technology
A company that provides Internet access to its customers. The majority of ISPs are too small to purchase access directly from the network access point (NAP), and instead buy pieces of bandwidth that are available from larger ISPs. Access to the Internet can be provided either via modem or by direct connection, which offers far higher speeds.
Internet service providers are different from online services, although these services sometimes also provide access to the Internet. Online services provide access to exclusive content, databases and online discussion forums that are not available outside the service.
Industry:Technology
A third-party website that attracts visitors looking to buy goods or services. ISOs make money by selling links or ads that lead directly to Web merchant sites or by selling products or services on behalf of Web merchants.
Industry:Technology
Internet radio streams music that is stored on a server to an Internet-connected vehicle by using embedded wireless networking technologies (such as a connected “infotainment” head unit) or via a wireless consumer device that is connected to the vehicle (such as a user’s smartphone). In both cases, music is accessed online, without storing any music files in the car’s head unit or consumer device. In some instances, the streaming service provider allows for caching tracks to listen to when the user is in offline mode.
Industry:Technology
Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) is the next version of Internet Protocol (IP), designed to overcome several key limitations of IP version 4 (IPv4), the most widely used networking protocol. The main benefits of IPv6 are vastly increased address space, integrated security and quality-of-service mechanisms, as well as support for autoconfiguration and mobility. In addition, large network operators may see better routing stability as platforms mature.
Industry:Technology
Internet Protocol television (IPTV) refers to the network architecture, equipment and technologies, middleware and software platforms used to deliver standard or high-definition television (HDTV) signals, in real time, over managed communications service provider (CSP) networks. Until recently, IPTV services were a TV delivery solution for wireline CSPs over either DSL or FTTH access networks. Now, IPTV is beginning to be used by cable operators and satellite broadcasters as a means of providing additional TV channels to their subscribers. In the future, wireless-based distribution networks may be added to this list. IPTV delivery systems increasingly employ advanced video compression (AVC) technologies, such as MPEG-4 or VC-1, whereas early implementations of IPTV used MPEG-2. IPTV should be contrasted to over-the-top (OTT) Web streaming video with no quality of service (QoS) issues like buffering delays.
Industry:Technology
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) tracks the address of nodes, routes outgoing messages, and recognizes incoming messages. Current networks consist of several protocols, including IP, Internetwork Packet Exchange (IPX), DECnet, AppleTalk, Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) and LLC2. This wide diversity of protocols results from application suites that assume their own particular protocols. Collapse from this wide variety is inevitable, but users will only be able to reduce this diversity, not eliminate it. Most users will collapse networks into two main protocols: IP and IPX. Installed-base applications and the pain of change will prevent a total reduction to a single backbone protocol.
Industry:Technology
The Internet of Things (IoT) is the network of physical objects that contain embedded technology to communicate and sense or interact with their internal states or the external environment.
News: Gartner Says the Internet of Things Will Transform the Data Center
View FREE Webinar on mobile apps: Top 10 Mobile Apps Changing The World SummaryArticle NameInternet of ThingsGartner, Inc.Gartner, Inc.DescriptionInternet of Things is the network of physical objects that contain embedded technology to communicate and sense or interact with their internal states or the external environment.
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