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 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 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) 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 […]

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 […]

(n.) (1) In multiprocessing systems, the process that is currently accepting input from the keyboard or other input device is sometimes called the foreground process. (2) On display screens, the foreground consists of the characters and pictures that appear on the screen. The background is the uniform canvas behind the characters and pictures.

Acronym for Gatekeeper Transaction Message Protocol. A proprietary Cisco protocol used for communication between the Cisco IOS Gatekeeper and external applications. The two types of GKTMP messages include: GKTMP RAS Messages: Used to exchange the contents RAS messages between the Cisco IOS Gatekeeper and the external application. Trigger Registration Messages: Used to by the external […]

A Qualcomm embedded notebook chipset that combines broadband modem technology with GPS functionality. With the Gobi chipset, WAN wireless data connections are globally provided without locking users in with a specific telecommunications carrier. Gobi can operate in CDMA2000, EV-DO and UMTS HSPA networks worldwide and also supports GPS functionality.

In RAID (redundant array of independent disks) storage technology, “RAID levels” are different architectures that strike a balance between performance, capacity and tolerance. RAID Level 0 (Striped Disk Array without Fault Tolerance) provides data striping (spreading out blocks of each file across multiple disk drives), but it lacks both fault tolerance and redundancy to improve […]

Address specifying a single network device. Packets sent to a unicast address are delivered to the node containing the interface identified by the address.