- Industry: Consulting
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Flexible manufacturing system; a process that is highly adaptable and can produce different products with minimal changeover times or reconfiguration.
Industry:Technology
A core component for notebooks, liquid crystal display (LCD) flat panel displays are broadening their applications on the commercial desktops. There are five key FPD technologies available: LCD, gas plasma, electroluminescent (EL) display, field emission display and digital micromirror devices. The most mature is LCD, which includes active-matrix liquid crystal display (AMLCD) and passive-matrix liquid crystal display (PMLCD).
Industry:Technology
Device and infrastructure technology trend that enables the transparent use of voice and data applications across fixed and mobile access points.
Industry:Technology
An entity that owns/operates a fixed-line network infrastructure (including fixed wireless).
Industry:Technology
Client devices are located at a stationary location and usually require a fixed (main) power supply and an antenna external to the client work platform. The terms “nomadic,” “portable” and “mobile” often vary in definition when used by vendors. See also mobile wireless and semi-mobile wireless.
Industry:Technology
A measure of quality in a process that reflects the percentage of product made correctly without any rework or corrective activity.
Industry:Technology
Wireless networks based on analog frequency division multiple access technologies. Many systems were individually tailored, country-specific solutions, including technologies such as AMPS, Nordic Mobile Telephone (NMT) and total access communications system (TACS). Although these were the first generation of mobile telephony, they are never referred to as “1G.”
Industry:Technology
Any method established to provide emergency access to a secure information system. In the event of a critical error or abnormal end, unprivileged users can gain access to key systems to correct the problem.
Industry:Technology
Conceptually, the term means putting no more work into a factory than the factory can be expected to execute. The term usually refers to a computer technique that involves automatic shop priority revision to level load operation by operation.
Industry:Technology
A completed equipment or device, labeled by a manufacturer that is available for sale to customers. The product can either be new or remanufactured.
Industry:Technology
