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The entire spectrum of technologies for information processing, including software, hardware, communications technologies and related services. In general, information technology (IT) does not include embedded technologies that do not generate data for enterprise use.

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Company: Gartner

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The part of a computer used for communicating between the user and the system. A cathode ray tube (CRT) terminal with mouse and keyboard is the most common type.

Domain: Technology; Category: Information technology

Consent management is a system, process or set of policies for allowing consumers and patients to determine what health information they are willing to permit their various care providers to access. ...

Domain: Technology; Category: Information technology

A service in which a connection (real or virtual) is set up and maintained for the duration of the communication. See circuit switching.

Domain: Technology; Category: Information technology

In a connectionless service, no fixed path is set up between sender and recipient. Every unit of data that is exchanged is self-contained in that it contains all the necessary control and address ...

Domain: Technology; Category: Information technology

The interconnection model in which communication takes place without first establishing a connection.

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Extends local X.25 switching to Ethernet, token ring or Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI) networks.

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In asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) networks, connection admission control (CAC) is a function that checks whether network resources are available to support the quality of service and traffic ...

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