- Backbone
- The top level of a hierarchical network. Major
pathway within a network offering the highest possible speed and connecting all
major nodes. The main pipes along which data is transferred. See also network,
nodes.
- Bandwidth
- The maximum size of information that can be sent
through a connection at a given time. Usually measured in bits per second (bps).
See also bps, bit, T-1.
- BASIC
- See beginners all-purpose symbolic
instructional code.
- Baud
- It is commonly used in the same way as bits per
second. See also bit, bps, modem.
- BBS
- See bulletin board system.
- BCC
- See blind carbon copy.
- Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instructional
Code
- A computer language that is easy-to-learn and
highly flexible, which was invented at Dartmouth University.
- beta
- A pre-release of an application that is made
available for the purposes of testing.
- binary
- Mathematical base 2, or numbers composed of a
series of zeros and ones. Since zero's and one's can be easily represented by two
voltage levels on an electronic device, the binary number system is widely used in
digital computing.
- Binary Digit
- A single digit number in base 2 (therefore 0 or 1).
The smallest unit for computerized data. See also byte, kilobyte,
megabyte.
- Binary Hexadecimal
- Algorithm to convert binary files into ASCII-text.
Used mainly on Macintosh computers. See also binary, ASCII,
MIME, uuencode.
- Binhex
- See binary hexadecimal.
- Bit
- See binary digit.
- Bits per second
- Measurement unit for transferring data. A 33.6
modem can move 33.600 bits per second. See also bandwidth, bit.
- Blind Carbon Copy
- Copies people onto e-mails that cannot be identified
by the person to whom the e-mail message was originally addressed to. See also
carbon copy, e-mail.
- BOFH
- Net-language for "bastard operator from hell".
- Bookmark
- A file that contains references to web pages that
you have already visited, which then can be organized and used to return to a
particular page later on.
- Boolean Search
- A search allowing the inclusion or exclusion of
documents containing certain words through the use of operators such as "AND",
"NOT" and "OR".
- Boot
- To start up or reset a computer. When a computer is
booted the operating syis loaded. There are two different types of booting a
computer. A cold boot means that the computer needs to powered up from an off state
and a warm boot means that all data in the memory is erased and the operating
system is loaded from start. See also memory, operating system.
- Bot
- Net-language for "roBot".
- Bozo Filter
- A feature to screens out incoming e-mails and news
postings from those whose correspondence in not valued. See also e-mail,
news, spam.
- Bps
- See bits per second.
- Browser
- Client application that is able to display various
kinds of Internet resources. See also Client, homepage, internet
explorer, mosaic, netscape, URL, WWW.
- BTW
- Net-language for "by the way".
- Bug
- A programming error that causes a malfunction of the
computer software or hardware. See also hardware, software.
- Bulletin Board System
- A computer based sytem that allows people to discuss
topics, up and download files and send and receive e-mails. Bulletin boards can
either run independently on a single computer where people dial in, or can connect
to other bulletin boards to form a network, such as the FidoNet. See also dial
in, e-mails, network.
- BWOTD
- Net-language for "bad word of the day".
- Byte
- Eight bits for a byte which is used to represent a
single ASCII character, for example. See also bit.
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