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- Back Office
- Computer infrastructure within an organisation, which supports core business process applications but has no external interface with costumers (unlike a Web site or portal).
- Bandwidth
- The amount of data that can be transmitted over a network connection. The bandwidth determines the rate at which information can be transmitted through the circuit: the greater the bandwidth, the more information that can be sent in a given amount of time. Bandwidth is typically measured in bits per second. A dial-up modem would typically be around 56k/sec and broadband would be over 256k/sec.
- Biometric
- In the context of authentication, biometric refer to a physical characteristic of a person. For example, fingerprint, voice, DNA or physical appearance, such as facial image.
- Blog
- Slang for "weblog". This slang term may also be used as a verb (as in "blogging") See Weblog.
- Broadband
- High-speed data transmission capability. The OECD defines broadband as in excess of 256,000 bits per second in both directions. Transmission over coaxial or fiber-optic cables that have a wider bandwidth than conventional telephone lines, giving them the ability to carry video, voice and data simultaneously. The term is commonly used to refer to Internet access via cable modems, DSL (JetStream, for example) and increasingly, wireless technologies (WiFi).
- Browser
- A software application used to locate and display web pages. For example: Mozilla's Firefox.
