• Microsoft Edge

    Microsoft Edge is the official name for a new and improved Web browser introduced in Microsoft’s Windows 10 operating system that was developed to replace the venerable Internet Explorer Web browser. Microsoft Edge combines recent web technology advancements with a streamlined and faster browsing experience, while also delivering compatibility and a consistent user experience across […]

  • Clutter

    Clutter is a technology developed by Microsoft for its Outlook email client that helps users automatically organize their Outlook inboxes and prioritize important e-mails by moving lower priority messages to a new Clutter folder. The Microsoft Clutter technology debuted in late 2014 for Office 365 users, and is now available on Outlook PC and mobile […]

  • Micro-Virtualization

    Micro-virtualization is a technology developed by desktop security firm Bromium to help ensure secure computing environments. Micro-virtualization utilizes a Xen-based security-focused hypervisor called a microvisor that creates hardware-isolated micro virtual machines (micro-VMs) for each computing task that utilizes data originating from an unknown source. Tasks in this sense are the computation that takes place within […]

  • Mobile Application Management (MAM)

    Mobile Application Management (MAM) is a term that refers to software and services used to secure, manage and distribute mobile applications used in enterprise settings on mobile devices like smartphones and tablet computers. Mobile Application Management can apply to company-owned mobile devices as well as BYOD (“Bring Your Own Devices”). MAM solutions typically offer a […]

  • a Microvisor

    The term microvisor refers to a Xen-based security-focused hypervisor developed by security firm Bromium that provides micro-virtualization technology to ensure secure computing environments. Short for micro-hypervisor, a microvisor works with the VT (Virtualization Technology) features built into Intel, AMD and other CPUs to create hardware-isolated micro virtual machines (micro-VMs) for each task performed by a […]

  • trackware

    Any undesirable software program that is able to track a user’s system activity or gather system information and provide the data to a third party. Trackware does not gather any personally identifiable information.

  • write

    To copy data from main memory to a storage device, such as a disk.

  • microformat

    Designed for “humans first, machines second”, microformat is an open source data format standard that is built upon existing frameworks (such as XML, HTML, Atom, or RSS). A microformat may be used in HTML pages through the use of microformat tags, which allow crawlers to find microformat information on the Web. Microformats are being actively […]

  • eBay Partner Network

    The name of eBay’s affiliate program that pays affiliate when they send referrals from their affiliate links to eBay to bid, purchase, or register on the eBay Web site. The eBay Partner Network provides affiliates with four options for promotion and referral linking including Paid Search, Paid Placement, Ad-Network/Sub-Affiliate, and Natural Web site referrals. EBay’s […]

  • false rejection rate (FRR)

    (fâls ri-jek´shun) (n.) In biometrics, FRR, or false rejection rate is the instance of a security system failing to verify or identify an authorized person. Also referred to as a type I error, a false rejection does not necessarily indicate a flaw in the biometric system; for example, in a fingerprint-based system, an incorrectly aligned […]