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A concept that emphasizes optimizing efficiency and minimizing waste in the development of a computer program. The concept is that efficiencies can be applied and waste managed at all levels.
Lean/Throttled data transfer
The deliberate regulation of the data transfer rate in a communications system. It can be used in any scenario where it is necessary or desirable to limit the amount of data that can be sent or received per unit time.
Leased line
A service contract between a provider and a customer. The provider delivers a symmetric telecommunications line connecting two or more locations in exchange for a monthly rent.
LED TV (LED-backlight LCD television)
A type of LCD television that uses light-emitting diodes (LEDs) to backlight the display instead of the cold cathode fluorescent lights (CCFLs) used in standard LCD televisions.
Legacy application
Legacy applications and data are those that have been inherited from languages, platforms, and techniques earlier than current technology. Most enterprises who use computers have legacy applications and databases that serve critical business needs.
Legacy Operating System (Legacy Platform)
An operating system (OS) no longer in widespread use, or that has been supplanted by an updated version of earlier technology. Many enterprises that use computers have legacy platforms and applications, that serve critical business needs.
Lenovo
Lenovo Group Ltd., is a Chinese MNC which designs, develops, manufactures and sells personal computers, tablet computers, smartphones, workstations, servers, electronic storage devices, IT management software and smart televisions. It is also the markets the ThinkPad line of notebooks and ThinkCenter line of Desktops.
Lenovo IdeaCentre Horizon
A reinvention of the home PC by Lenovo which doubles as an all-in-one game table capable of taking inputs from multiple users. It has a 27" all-in-one FHD antiglare with multi-touch display.
Lenovo Tablets
Lenovo's tablet offerings are available in both ThinkPad and IdeaPad variants. The ThinkPad Tablet from Lenovo is part of Lenovo’s series of Android-based tablet devices and is targeted towards business users. While the IdeaPad tablets are consumer-oriented, Android and Windows 7 based tablet devices meant for home use or entertainment.
Level design
Game design is the game development process of designing the content and rules of a game in the pre-production stage and design of gameplay, environment, storyline, and characters during production stage.
Lexical analyzer generator (Lex)
A program designed to generate scanners, also known as tokenizers, which recognize
lexical patterns in text. It is intended primarily for Unix-based systems. Its main purpose is to facilitate lexical analysis, the processing of character sequences.
LG Optimus
A range of LG smartphones that runs on Android platform that features touchscreens with pinch-to-zoom capability for closer viewing. The user interfaces are simple and the phones may be turned into a Wi-Fi hotspot for internet connectivity sharing.
LibreOffice
LibreOffice is a free and open source office suite, forked from OpenOffice.org in 2010. The suite comprises programs to do word processing, spreadsheets, slideshows, diagrams and drawings, maintain databases, and compose math formulae.
Life insurance
Life insurance is a contract between an insured and an insurer or assurer, where the insurer promises to pay a designated beneficiary a sum of money in exchange for a premium, upon the death of the insured person.