PSN


Short for packet-switched network, another name for a packet-switched data network.

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    Short for Plastic Small Outline Package, it’s a surface-mount memory packaging from Intel. key features of the PSOP include the following: JEDEC standard compliance, footprint and height 50 percent of DIP, two-side leaded for routing simplicity, 50 mil (1.27 mm) pitch for SMT simplicity and ease of use, gull wing formed leads, and it supports […]

  • Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)

    Short for Public Switched Telephone Network, which refers to the international telephone system based on copper wires carrying analog voice data. This is in contrast to newer telephone networks base on digital technologies, such as ISDN and FDDI. Telephone service carried by the PSTN is often called plain old telephone service (POTS).

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    Short for Payment Transaction Application Layer, an open standard developed in part by CommerceNet that allows merchants to accept any type of electronic payment over the Internet.

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    Short for Ping the Semantic Web, PTSW is a repository for RDF documents and tracks the creation and modification of RDF based data sources for the Semantic Web.


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