CDF
Short for channel definition format, an XML specification developed by Microsoft that allows Web publishers to push content at users. Once a user subscribes to a CDF channel, any software that supports the CDF format will automatically receive new content posted on the channel’s Web server. Microsoft submitted CDF as a Note to the W3C in 1997 and it has since become a .
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Short for CD-ROM File System, the Windows 95 driver for CD-ROM players. CDFS replaces MSCDEX, which was used for DOS and Windows 3.x systems. Unlike MSCDEX, which is a 16-bit program that runs only in real mode, CDFS is a 32-bit program that runs in protected mode. In addition, it uses the VCACHE driver to […]
- CDI
Short for Customer Data Integration, it is the combination of the technology, processes, and services needed to create and maintain an accurate, timely and complete view of the customer across multiple channels, business lines, and, potentially, enterprises, where there are multiple sources of customer data in multiple application systems and databases. [Adapted from Gartner Research]
- Code-Division Multiple Access (CDMA)
Short for Code-Division Multiple Access, a digital cellular technology that uses spread-spectrum techniques. Unlike competing systems, such as GSM, that use TDMA, CDMA does not assign a specific frequency to each user. Instead, every channel uses the full available spectrum. Individual conversations are encoded with a pseudo-random digital sequence. CDMA consistently provides better capacity for […]
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- Content Delivery Network (CDN)
CDN is short for content delivery network. A content delivery network (CDN) is a system of distributed servers (network) that deliver webpages and other Web content to a user based on the geographic locations of the user, the origin of the webpage and a content delivery server. This service is effective in speeding the delivery […]