ham
(1) A person who is licensed to operate a ham radio.
(2) Automatic spam filters classify e-mail as either spam or ham (meaning not spam).
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- ham radio
Amateur radio communication in a range of frequencies from just above the AM broadcast band (1.6 MHz) to the microwave region, at several hundred gigahertz. These frequencies have been designated for amateur use by the FCC. Anyone with a radio receiver or a radio scanner can listen in on ham radio communications, but only an […]
- hamster
The name given to a cordless mouse which operates through an infrared connection.
- hammering
The act of trying repeatedly to connect to an unavailable FTP server with little or no time between connection attempts. It can be compared to repeatedly hitting the “redial” button on a telephone when dialing a phone number that is busy until the other phone is no longer busy. Trading servers have a limit on […]
- hand-held computer
A portable computer that is small enough to be held in one’s hand. Although extremely convenient to carry, handheld computers have not replaced notebook computers because of their small keyboards and screens. The most popular hand-held computers are those that are specifically designed to provide PIM (personal information manager) functions, such as a calendar and […]
- Handheld Scanner
A small handheld scanning device used for digitizing images. While images from a handheld scanner are considered low quality, today’s technology enables full color 24 bit scanning. Depending on the scanner device type and manufacturer, handheld scanners can also define, translate, and hear printed text, and can also store and beam text to computers and […]