A magnetic tape and drive system used for computer data storage and archiving. The tapes measure 8mm across. A helical scanning technique, similar to that used in Mammoth drives, optimizes the data transfer rate and the storage capacity.

A standard system for analog signal cellulartelephone service in the United States and is also used in other countries. AMPS allocates frequency ranges within the 800 and 900 Megahertz (MHz) spectrum to cellular telephone. 

  A group of protocols for setting up or configuring program-to-program communication within an IBM SNA network. Using APPN, one computer acts as a network controller that is able to automatically configure a group of computers.

A network attack in which an unauthorized person gains access to a network and stays there undetected for a long period of time. The intention of an APT attack is to steal data rather than to cause damage to the network or organization. 

  The network that became the basis for the Internet. Based on a concept first published in 1967, ARPANET was developed under the direction of the U.S. Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA). 

An API that specifies how an application program can communicate with a SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) device through a common SCSI device driver. ASPI provides a set of functions that are common to any SCSI device.  

In a personal computer, an ASPI driver is a software driver or program that uses the Advanced SCSI Programming Interface (ASPI) protocol to interface with the Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) bus. 

Adventure 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.

A form of communication for marketing that is used to encourage, persuade, or manipulate an audience to continue or take some new action on a product.

Adware is a software program designed to display advertisements on your computer, redirects your search requests to advertising portals and collect your information without your consent and share it with with advertisers so that customized adverts can be displayed.

Affiliate marketing is a type of performance-based marketing in which a business rewards one or more affiliates for each visitor or customer brought by the affiliate's own marketing efforts. The industry has four core players: the merchant, the network, the publisher, and the customer. The market has grown in complexity, resulting in the emergence of a secondary tier of players, including affiliate management agencies, super-affiliates and specialized third party vendors.

In database management an aggregate function is a function where the values of multiple rows are grouped together as input on certain criteria to form a single value of more significant meaning or measurement such as a set, a bag or a list.

Agile development is a different way of managing IT development teams and projects by valuing Individuals and interactions over processes and tools, Working software over comprehensive documentation, Customer collaboration over contract negotiation and Responding to change over following a plan.

A small application program or applet with the capability to serve as a mobile agent of services in a computer network. It is a class or template written in the Java object-oriented programming language.

A formal proclamation of four key values and 12 principles to guide an iterative and people-centric approach to agile software development. 

An iterative approach to planning and guiding project processes. Just as in agile software development, an agile project is completed in small sections called iterations.