| ISP Dictionary - ISP Glossary Definitions for 'o' |
| Object - This can refer to the objects in object-oriented programming or the objects in OLE (Object Linking and Embedding). In OLE an object is a piece of a document,... |
| Object Linking and Embedding - A standard for sharing data between applications. It has been around since Windows 3.1 and continues to improve. For example, if you cut a picture out... |
| Object-oriented Programming - This term refers to programming languages that allow you to work with objects. These objects can contain not only data type and data structure information,... |
| Object-oriented technology - Technology--usually programming languages--designed to work with objects. |
| OC-12 - A fiber optic connection that can handle 622Mbps, often used for the 622Mbps ATM protocol. |
| OC-192 - A fiber optic connection that can handle 10Gbps connection speeds. |
| OC-24 - A fiber optic connection that can handle 1.244Gbps connection speeds. |
| OC-255 - A fiber optic connection that can handle 13.21Gbps connection speeds. |
| OC-3 - A fiber optic connection that can handle 155Mbps, often used for the 155Mbps ATM protocol. |
| OC-48 - A fiber optic connection that can handle 2.488Gbps connection speeds. |
| OC-96 - A fiber optic connection that can handle 4.976Gbps connection speeds. |
| OCR - The technology that allows computers to "read" the text from physical objects. It requires a graphical representation of text to interpret. This usually... |
| Octet - A group of eight bits, also called a byte. |
| ODBC - A standard API for communicating with database servers. There are different ODBC drivers supporting most of the major database servers, such as Oracle... |
| ODI - A protocol-independent structure used by early Novell NetWare clients. It provides support for simultaneous connection to multiple network protocols, much... |
| OEL - A type of display technology that allows for flat screens that are very bright and offer wider viewing angles than LCD technology. As well, no backlight... |
| OEM - This acronym is used to denote equipment that is sold to other companies or resellers for integration into systems. For example, a hard drive manufacturer... |
| Office Suite - The set of software products that are required by an office, most often comprised of a spreadsheet program, a word processor, a scheduler, and a presentation... |
| Offline - Being away from your computer or the Internet, or your computer being off and disconnected from the Internet. If you were a character in the movie Tron,... |
| Ogg Vorbis - An audio codec designed to compete with the MP3 codec. One of the main goals of Ogg Vorbis was to provide an audio encoding scheme that was free from corporate... |
| OLAP - A group of technologies and applications that collect, manage, process, and present multidimensional data for analysis and management purposes. To be effective,... |
| OLE - A standard for sharing data between applications. It has been around since Windows 3.1 and continues to improve. For example, if you cut a picture out... |
| OLED - A flat panel display technology that requires no backlight and could someday be simpler to construct than LCD screens. Check out OEL technology as well.... |
| OLR - OffLine Reader. Software which will collect messages for you from mail, newsgroups, and message bases, send new ones you have written, and let you read... |
| OLTP - A group of programs that allow real-time inputting, recording, and retrieval of data to/from a networked system. The speed of recording the data is critical,... |
| On-chip - This term is most often used when referring to the L2 cache on a microprocessor. It implies that the L2 cache itself is on the same single piece of silicon... |
| On-die - This term is most often used when referring to the L2 cache on a microprocessor. It implies that the L2 cache itself is on the same single piece of silicon... |
| Online - This term refers to anything that's on the Internet, as in "I've got this great online resource for you to check out at www.geek.com." |
| OnLine Analytical Processing - A group of technologies and applications that collect, manage, process, and present multidimensional data for analysis and management purposes. To be effective,... |
| OnLine Transaction Processing - A group of programs that allow real-time inputting, recording, and retrieval of data to/from a networked system. The speed of recording the data is critical,... |
| Open Data-link Interface - A protocol-independent structure used by early Novell NetWare clients. It provides support for simultaneous connection to multiple network protocols, much... |
| Open Database Connectivity - A standard API for communicating with database servers. There are different ODBC drivers supporting most of the major database servers, such as Oracle... |
| Open Source - Software that can be freely distributed, and must be distributed along with its source code. Thus the source can be changed easily, and the program can... |
| OpenGL - A 3D graphics language developed by Silicon Graphics. OpenGL support is built into Windows NT. You can see some examples by checking out the NT screensavers.... |
| OpenVMS - This is synonymous with VMS. It is an operating system designed by Digital Equipment Corp. to run on its VAX hardware. It was initially called VMS, but... |
| Operating System - The program that allows you to access the basic functions of your computer. It is the minimum software required to run a program. Thus, you must have an... |
| Optical Carrier Level 12 - A fiber optic connection that can handle 622Mbps, often used for the 622Mbps ATM protocol. |
| Optical Carrier Level 192 - A fiber optic connection that can handle 10Gbps connection speeds. |
| Optical Carrier Level 24 - A fiber optic connection that can handle 1.244Gbps connection speeds. |
| Optical Carrier Level 255 - A fiber optic connection that can handle 13.21Gbps connection speeds. |
| Optical Carrier Level 3 - A fiber optic connection that can handle 155Mbps, often used for the 155Mbps ATM protocol. |
| Optical Carrier Level 48 - A fiber optic connection that can handle 2.488Gbps connection speeds. |
| Optical Carrier Level 96 - A fiber optic connection that can handle 4.976Gbps connection speeds. |
| Optical Character Recognition - The technology that allows computers to "read" the text from physical objects. It requires a graphical representation of text to interpret. This usually... |
| Optical Disk - A plastic disk that can store information in a method so that it can be read by a laser. The laser is shot at the disk and, based on its reflection, the... |
| Optical Drive - A storage device that uses light to store data instead of magnetism. To write, it uses a laser to change a tiny portion of an optical disk so that it can... |
| Ordered Tree - A tree where the children of each node have a designated order (not necessarily based on their value) and can be referred to specifically. |
| Organic Electroluminescent - A type of display technology that allows for flat screens that are very bright and offer wider viewing angles than LCD technology. As well, no backlight... |
| Organic LED - A flat panel display technology that requires no backlight and could someday be simpler to construct than LCD screens. Check out OEL technology as well.... |
| Orthogonal - This term is used to describe two or more things that are independent of one another. Also, it is a mathematical term that refers to vectors that meet... |
| OS/2 - An operating system originally developed by Microsoft and IBM; Microsoft dropped out of the project to concentrate on its Windows operating systems. IBM... |
| OSI - Acronym for Open Systems Interconnect. This is a model for connecting computers together in a network. The model consists of seven distinct and separate... |
| OSI Model - A way of representing the complexities of computer networking in a 7-layer model, ranging from the physical hardware of networking all the way up to how... |
| OTOH - Acronym for On The Other Hand often used in chat. |
| Output - Anything that comes out of a computer or system, either electronically or physically, as in, "Watch out for that pile of OUTPUT." |
| Overburning - The process of recording more than 74 minutes of audio or more than 650 MB of data onto a CD-R disk. There are software programs that allow you to do this,... |
| Overclocking - The act of running a chip at a higher clock speed than it was specified for. Very often, chips are capable of running faster than they are specified for,... |
| Overdrive - A processor upgrade sold by Intel that is used to upgrade an older processor to a newer, faster processor. |
| Overflow - This is when there is more information than can be properly handled. It is often used to describe the production of a number larger than a variable can... |