Hemi is short for hemisphere. The term refers to a hemi engine which has been described as an internal combustion engine wherein the combustion chambers are of hemispherical form. For centuries hemispherical combustion chambers were used in cannon and mortars these chambers were initiated on some of the earliest automotive engines, prior to proving the [...]
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What does ATF stand for?
Posted by admin on May 16th, 2012
ATF stands for Automatic Transmission Fluid. This is the fluid used in automatic or standard vehicles. The color of the fluid is green or red to differentiate it from other fluids (such as motor oil for example). A dipstick is used to check the level of the ATF while the engine is running to check [...]
What does WIFI stand for?
Posted by admin on May 15th, 2012
WIFI is the acronym for wireless local area network: a local area network that uses high frequency radio signals to transmit and receive data over distances of a few. It can also be seen as a group of wireless local area network (WLAN) devices according to the IEEE 802.11 standards. Wi-Fi devices are installed in [...]
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Tags: WIFI, wireless local area network 
No Comments »What does DOE stand for?
Posted by admin on May 14th, 2012
DOE stands for Distributed Objects Everywhere. This was a long – running Sun Microsystems project to build a distributed computing environment based on the CORBA system in the back end ad OpenStep as the user face. The CORBA system is a standard that is defined by the Object Management Group and it allows software components [...]
Posted in Computer terms, Technology/Science Tags: Distributed Objects Everywhere, DOE No Comments »What do the Domain Extensions stand for?
Posted by admin on May 10th, 2012
Domain extensions are the top most part of a domain name. A domain name is the characterizing feature for identifying, naming and creating an address for a website on the internet. All domain names are developed using the guiding principles of the Domain Name System. Each domain name consists of dots that separate each part [...]
Posted in Computer terms, Internet, Technology/Science Tags: domain extension, domain name No Comments »What does MFN stand for?
Posted by admin on May 1st, 2012
MFN is the acronym for multi – frequency network. It is a network that has multiple radio frequencies which are used to send media content. An example of a MFN is a horizontal multi – frequency network where an allocation waveform is transmitted over various radio frequency channels in various local areas. Similar of different [...]
What does ISAPI stand for?
Posted by admin on April 24th, 2012
The abbreviation ISAPI means Internet Server Application Programming Interface. This interface developed by Microsoft, facilitates fast and efficient communication with a server. Extensions and filters built using ISAPI are superior in performance to ASP scripts. ISAPI can be implemented using extension and filter applications. Developers utilize C or C++ to create both applications. ISAPI extensions [...]
What does http stand for?
Posted by admin on April 21st, 2012
Hypertext Transfer Protocol also knows as Http refers to the application rules governing the transfer and format of data, requested using computer tools or systems that have interconnected information. Primarily it is used to access resources such as HTML files, image files and query results that are inter-connected in several ways. It was the leading [...]
Posted in Computer terms, Internet, Technology/Science Tags: http, Hypertext Transfer Protocol No Comments »What does MODEM stand for?
Posted by admin on April 21st, 2012
Modem stands for modular – demodulator. It is a mechanism that adjusts an analog carrier signal to program digital information as well as to extract the carrier signal to decipher the information that was transmitted. The aim is to generate a signal that can easily transmit, decode and replicate the original digital data. Modems can [...]
Posted in Computer terms, Internet, Technology/Science Tags: modem, modular – demodulator No Comments »What does PSE stand for?
Posted by admin on April 21st, 2012
PSE stands for Problem Solving Environment. PSE is a considered to be using concentrated computing software that finds solutions for or to problems. Most PSEs were introduced in the 1990s and they utilize the idiom of the individual field to develop modern graphical user interfaces (GUI). The goal is to ensure that the software is [...]