Peek and Poke
In BASIC programming peek and poke are the functions used to view and alter a byte of memory. Peek displays the contents while poke changes it.
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Abbreviation for “people”. Peeps is commonly used in newsgroups/a>, chat rooms, instant messaging, text messaging, SMS, e-mail and other real time text-based communications.
- Peer-To-Peer Architecture
Often referred to simply as peer-to-peer, or abbreviated P2P, a type of network in which each workstation has equivalent capabilities and responsibilities. This differs from client/server architectures, in which some computers are dedicated to serving the others. Peer-to-peer networks are generally simpler, but they usually do not offer the same performance under heavy loads.
- ad-hoc mode
An 802.11 networking framework in which devices or stations communicate directly with each other, without the use of an access point (AP). Ad-hoc mode is also referred to as peer-to-peer mode or an Independent Basic Service Set (IBSS). Ad-hoc mode is useful for establishing a network where wireless infrastructure does not exist or where services […]
- peering
A relationship between two or more small- or medium-sized ISPs in which the ISPs create a direct link between each other and agree to forward each other’s packets directly across this link instead of using the standard Internet backbone. For example, suppose a client of ISP X wants to access a web site hosted by […]
- pen computer
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