A random access, removable data storage medium that can be used with personal computers. The term usually refers to the magnetic medium housed in a rigid plastic cartridge measuring 3.5 inches square and about 2millimeters thick. 

A command-line utility used to manipulate disk partitions in all versions of Windows and Windows Server beginning with Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. Diskpart can be used to convert a basic disk to a dynamic disk, or vice versa. 

A.k.a. graphics card, video card, video board, is an integrated circuit card in a computer or a monitor that provides digital-to-analog conversion, video RAM, and a video controller so that data can be sent to a computer's display. 

A network designed so that temporary or intermittent communications problems, limitations and anomalies have the least possible adverse impact. 

A disruptive technology or disruptive innovation is an innovation that improves a product or service in ways that the market does not expect, typically by being lower priced or designed for a different set of consumers. Products based on disruptive technologies are typically cheaper to produce, simpler, smaller, better performing, and, frequently, more convenient to use.

The oldest routing protocol that has been used to support multicast data transmission over networks. The protocol sends multicast data in the form of unicast packets that are reassembled into multicast data at the destination.

Computing is said to be "distributed" when the computer programming and data that computers work on are spread out over more than one computer, usually over a network. 

A way to efficiently distribute wireless connections inside a large building where steel columns and layers of concrete can interfere with wireless signals. A DAS can be used to get rid of "dead zones".

In general, distributed computing is any computing that involves multiple computers remote from each other that each have a role in a computation problem or information processing.

An industry-standard software technology for setting up and managing computing and data exchange in a system of distributed computers. DCE uses the client/server model. Using DCE, application users can use applications and data at remote servers. 

A database in which portions of the database are stored on multiple computers within a network. Users have access to the data relevant to their tasks without interfering with the work of others.

A centralized application that manages a distributed database as if it were all stored on the same computer. The DDBMS synchronizes all the data periodically.

A client/server-based application that allows clients to access and process data stored on the server as if it were on their own computer. 

A general term used to describe a multi-media method of instructional delivery that includes a mix of Web-based instruction, streaming video conferencing, face-to-face classroom time, distance learning through television or video.

A Linux-based software component that facilitates the replacement of shared storage systems by networked mirroring. DRBD maintains consistency of data among multiple systems in a network, and it ensures high availability (HA) for Linux applications.

A search engine model in which the tasks of Web crawling, indexing and query processing are distributed among multiple computers and networks.