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B for bandwidth

abbreviation / acronyms	Term	Definition
b	bit	The number of bits used to represent a character. For personal computers a byte is usually 8 bits.
B	byte
B channel	Bearer Channel	A wire used in ISDN service that can carry up to 64 Kbps of data when operating at full capacity. It is a clear channel "pipe" that carries voice, data, or video over ISDN. The BRI service offered to home users has two B channels.
B2B	business-to-business	B2B is also commonly used as an adjective to describe any activity, be it B2B marketing, sales, or e-commerce, that occurs between businesses and other businesses
B2C	business-to-consumer	B2C describes activities of commercial organizations serving the end consumer with products and/or services. It is usually applied exclusively to electronic commerce.
B2E	business-to-employee	The use and leverage of e-business approaches and Internet technologies to deliver a comprehensive set of services to an enterprise's employees and their managers. The full term is sometimes presented as "business-to-enterprise."
B8ZS	Binary Eight Zero Suppression.	8ZS is a technique in T1 that modifies the AMI encoding to ensure minimum pulse density without altering customer data. When eight "zeros" in a row are detected, a pattern with intentional bipolar violations is substituted.
B-HAVW	Behavioral Heuristic Analyzer in Virtual Environments	Bitdefender technology
BAA	Blanket Authorization Agreement	Signed by interconnectors guaranteeing that they have authority of the end user customer to request CPNI and place service orders on the customer’s behalf.
BAC	BroadCast Agent	Business Objects broadcast agent
BACNET	Building Automation and Control Network protocol	a communications protocol for building automation and control networks.
BAF	Bellcore AMA Format	Bellcore (Now Telcordia Technologies) AMA Format
BAI	Bank Administration Institute	File / report format used in financial services industry
BAM	business activity monitoring	A Gartner term that defines the concept of providing real-time access to critical business performance indicators to improve the speed and effectiveness of business operations. At its broadest level, BAM is the convergence of operational business intelligence and real-time application integration.
BAN	Body Area Networks	an emerging field of technology that has the potential to revolutionize healthcare and pathbreaking applications in sports, communications and security.
BAPI	Business Application Programming Interface	A set of documented, server-side interfaces to one or more R/3 processes, from SAP. BAPI packages multiple internal functions to enable programmatic access to such higher-order tasks as checking customer numbers, providing product descriptions, selecting products, creating quotations or creating orders.
bar file	broker archive file	The unit of deployment to the broker; also known as a bar file. It contains any number of compiled message flows (.cmf), message sets (.dictionary), and a single deployment descriptor.
Basel II	Basel Capital Accord	a regulatory framework for the banking sector, developed by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision. This committee meets every three months at the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland.
BASH	Bourne-Again SHell	an interactive UNIX shell based on the traditional Bourne shell, but with increased functionality. BASH is the shell, or command language interpreter, that will appear in the GNU operating system
BASIC	Beginners' All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code	A high-level algebraic programming language developed at Dartmouth College in the 1960s and widely taught to beginning programmers. It is simple to use but lacks speed.
BAT	Baby Advanced Technology batch Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent	A type of system board in Windows, a file whose name ends in .BAT and that contains a list of commands China's top three Internet companies, 百度、腾讯、阿里巴巴 in Chinese
BBC	British Broadcasting Corporation Broadband Bearer Capability	The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster, headquartered at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London http://www.bbc.co.uk/> A bearer class field that is part of the initial address message.
BBCs	buffer-to-buffer credits	allow data communication in a Fibre Channel SAN where there are long spans of fiber optic cable. Unless storage distance extension is employed, latency imposes a distance limitation of a few kilometers between the source and the destination in the network.
BBN	Bolt, Beranek and Newman	the last names of the three founders of BBN Technologies and the original name of the company.
BBP	Business-to-Business Procurement	A catalog-based procurement product from SAP.
BBS	Bulletin Board System	A computerized meeting and announcement system that allows people to carry on discussions, upload and download files, and make announcements without the people being connected to the computer at the same time.
BC4J	Business Components For Java	Java 2 platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) framework that helps developers quickly construct high-performance J2EE applications following industry-standard design patterns
BCB	buffer control block	An opaque cache manager structure that is used to maintain state as a file system pins and releases data (for example, its volume structure) in the cache.
Bcc	Blind Carbon Copy	When you send an e-mail to only one person, you type the recipient's address in the "To:" field. When you send a message to more than one person, you have the option to enter addresses in the "Cc:" and "Bcc:" fields.
BCC	Block Check Character	A control character added to a block in character oriented protocols (such as Bisync) used for determining if the block was received in error
BCD	binary-coded decimal	a format for representing decimal numbers (integers) in which each digit is represented by four bits (nybble or nibble). See byte. For example, the number 375 would be represented as: 0011 0111 0101.
BCE	Bell Canada Enterprises;	Canada's Largest Communications Company http://www.bce.ca
BCEL	Byte Code Engineering Library	Library intended to give users a convenient possibility to analyze, create, and manipulate (binary) Java class files
BCI	Business Continuity Institute	The BCI promotes the highest standards of professional competence and commercial ethics in the provision, maintenance and services for Business Continuity Management (BCM).
BCM / BCMP	Business Continuity Management (Planning)	automates the collaborative research, analysis and writing needed to create a recovery plan for critical business and IT operations that can be published and distributed to the recovery teams.
BCOCA	Bar Code Object Content Architecture	An architected collection of constructs used to interchange and present bar code data.
BCP	Best Current Practice Bulk Copy Program business continuity planning	Means that a certain manner of proceeding is in general the most logical choice A program used to copy databases or parts of databases in Sybase and Microsoft SQL Server environments. A broad approach to planning for the recovery of an enterprise's entire business process in event of a massive disruption caused by catastrophic event.
BCS	basic content services	BCSs provide document library services with complementary ad hoc imaging, basic Web publishing, document collaboration and document routing as their core functionalities.
BCUG	bilateral closed user group	In data communication, two users who have bilaterally agreed to communicate with each other, but not with other users.
BCV	business continuance volume	EMC's name for the data volumes created by its Symmetrix TimeFinder feature. BCVs are copies of active data volumes that are separately addressed from the source volume.
BCX	Basic To C Translator	an open source and free software, translates BASIC to C/C++ for compilation on various Win32 compilers. It is a small command line tool that takes a BASIC source code file and outputs a C/C++ source code file.
BD	Blu-ray Disc	This is an optical disc format that was developed to enable recording, playback, and rewriting of HD video. This technology has a storage capacity far greater than that of traditional DVDs.
BDC	Backup Domain Controller	Secondary to the PDC, provides user/computer domain authentication
BDF	building distribution frame	The location in a building where equipment attaches a number of cables from the LDF's
BECN	Backward Explicit Congestion Notification	A bit sent by a frame relay network to notify an interface device (DTE) that congestion avoidance procedures should be initiated by the sending device
BEEP	Blocks Extensible Exchange Protocol	a framework for creating network application protocols. It is intended to abstract-out the common features that have traditionally been duplicated in each protocol implementation
Bellcore	Bell Communications Research	A jointly owned, financed and centrally staffed organization of the regional holding companies formed after the AT&T divestiture in 1984, charged with establishing network standards and interfaces. Bellcore changed its name to Telcordia Technologies in 1999.
BER	Basic Encoding Rules bit error rate	Standard rules for encoding data units described in ASN.1. A measurement of digital transmission quality - the lower the rate, the higher the quality. A minimum BER is often specified in service-level agreements between digital carriers and their customers.
BERT	Bit Error Rate Test	A test that reflects the ratio of errored bits to the total number transmitted. Usually shown in exponential form (10^-6) to indicate that one out of a certain number of bits are in error.
BES	BlackBerry Enterprise Server	BlackBerry's mobility platform
BFR	Bona Fide Request	Submitted CLECs with an interconnection, or pending, agreement with Qwest for non-tariffed, non-negotiated, non-mandated services, including operations standards.
BFT	Binary File Transfer	A method of transferring files using fax modems. It's an extension to the fax protocol.
BGA	ball grid array	As opposed to a pin grid array (PGA), a ball grid array is a type of microchip connection methodology. Ball grid array chips typically use a group of solder dots, or balls, arranged in concentric rectangles to connect to a circuit board.
BGI	Binary Gateway Interface	Provides a method of running a program from a Web server. Similar to a Common Gateway Interface (CGI). The BGI uses a binary DLL which is loaded into memory when the server starts. While more efficient han a CGI, the BGI must be compiled and is not easily portable to other environments.
BGAN	Broadband Global Area Network	BGAN is a mobile communications system created to transmit broadband wireless voice and data communications almost anywhere on the earth's surface.
BGP	Border Gateway Protocol	The interdomain routing protocol implemented in Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) networks.
BGP-4	Border Gateway Protocol-4	A networking redundancy service based on BGP. It enables an enterprise to route Information Protocol (IP) traffic destined for the same IP address via different network connections. In a BGP-4 environment, when a transmission comes from an Internet service provider's network, it will look for the primary router that connects to the enterprise's location.
BHCA	busy hour call attempt	The capacity of a voice call processor can be measured in BHCAs. BHCAs measure the amount of calls that a voice system can attempt to handle in a continuous one-hour period (for example, 2,500 busy hour call attempts or, equivalently, 2,500 call attempts during the busy hour). BHCA capacities include all calls attempted, whether completed or not.
BHCC	busy hour call completion	The capacity of a processor can be measured in terms of BHCCs. BHCCs are a measure that includes only completed calls, which makes it a more rigorous metric than BHCA.
BHLI	Broadband High Layer Information	This is a Q.2931 information element that identifies an application (or session layer protocol of an application).
BHMC	Busy Hour Minutes of Capacity	For Switched Access
BHO	Browser Help Object	a software component that can be added to Internet Explorer to add new functions.
BI	business intelligence	An interactive process for exploring and analyzing structured, domain-specific information to discern business trends or patterns, thereby deriving insights and drawing conclusions. The BI process includes communicating findings and effecting change.
BIA	business impact analysis	An analysis of the costs that would be incurred if a system or set of business processes failed to function properly. BIA is a required early step in the BCP process.
BIBOP	big bag of pages	a technique that encodes object type in the high-order bits of their address, by using a lookup table that maps from those bits to a type.
BIC	bank identifier code	A code used to uniquely identify a bank, logical terminal, or branch within a SWIFT network.
BICI	Broadband Inter-Carrier Interface	A carrier-to-carrier interface line PNNI (private network-to-network interface) that is needed because carriers do not permit their switches to share routing information or detailed network maps with their competition's equipment.
BiDi	Bi-Directional	the capability of a computer system to correctly display bi-directional text.
BIDS	Business Intelligence Development Studio	IDE from Microsoft used for developing data analysis and Business Intelligence solutions utilizing the Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services, Reporting Services and Integration Services
Bin	binary	Binary data, composed of something other than human-readable text. Binary code, the digital representation of text and data
Binhex	BINary HEXadecimal	A method for converting non-text files (non-ASCII) into ASCII. This is needed because Internet e-mail can only handle ASCII.
BIOD	block input/output daemon	In the Network File System (NFS), a daemon that performs parallel read/write requests on behalf of an NFS client.
BIOS	Basic Input/Output System	A fundamental element of PCs and other computers. It is a kind of built-in software that determines what a computer can do without accessing programs from a disk.
BIP	Bit Interleaved Parity	Method used at PHY layer to monitor error performance of link. Check bit or word is sent in link overhead covering previous block or frame. Bit errors in payload will be detected and may be reported as maintenance information.
BIPS	Bank Internet Payment System	The BIPS specification includes a protocol for sending payment instructions to banks safely over the Internet and a payment server architecture for processing those payment instructions
BIRT	Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools	Open source, Eclipse-based reporting system that integrates with your application to produce compelling reports for both web and PDF.
BIST	built-in self test	a feature included in newer integrated circuits and other electronic equipment
BISUP	Broadband ISDN User's Part	SS7 protocol that defines signaling messages to control connections and services.
Bisync or BSC	Binary SYNChronous	A synchronous communications protocol that transmits binary-coded data between two devices by using a set of control characters and control character sequences.
Bit	Binary DigIT	A single digit number in base-2, in other words, either a 1 or a zero. The smallest unit of computerized data. Bandwidthis usually measured in bits-per-second.
BIT7	Bit Seven	A TR008 DS1 line code that performs zero code suppression by placing a one in bit 7 of an all-zeros byte.
BITNET	Because It's Time Networking	Low-cost, low-speed academic network consisting primarily of IBM mainframes and 9600-bps leased lines. BITNET is now part of CREN.
BITS	Background Intelligent Transfer Service Banking Industry Technology Secretariat Bump-In-The-Stack	Enables developers to write client applications that transfer files asynchronously between a client and server. The technology arm of the Bankers Roundtable, whose membership comprises the top 125 bank holding companies in the United States. Configuration where IPsec is implemented "underneath" an existing implementation of an IP protocol stack, between the native IP and the local network drivers.
BITW	Bump-In-The-Wire	Configuration where IPsec is implemented through the use of an outboard crypto processor.
BIW	Business Information Warehouse	A component of SAP's R/3 system.
BL	BLade Server	An HP brandname for ProLiant BladeServers, which are designed forthe performance, management, density and total cost of ownership (TCO) savings requirements of data centers.
BLAST	Basic Local Alignment Search Tool	consists of a set of algorithms. BLAST is used to compare biological sequences like protein sequences or nucleotides. With BLAST a comparison of individual sequence can be done against a database of sequences and information obtained in case there is matching of sequences.
BLISS	Broadband Local Integrated Services Solution	Allows service providers to offer a bundle of packet-based services including local and long distance voice services and high-speed data
B-LLI	Broadband Low Layer Information	This is a Q.2931 information element that identifies a layer 2 and a layer 3 protocol used by the application.
BLOB	binary large object	A generic term used to describe the handling and storage of long strings of data by database management systems. A BLOB is a category of data, characterized by large size (including media formats such as audio and video), which can place extreme demands on storage systems and network bandwidth.
Blog / Blogger BLOG	weB LOG Better Listings on Google	A blog is basically a journal that is available on the web. The activity of updating a blog is "blogging" and someone who keeps a blog is a "blogger." Blogs are typically updated daily using software that allows people with little or no technical background to update and maintain the blog. Better Listings on Google
BLS	Basic Link Service	a Fibre Channel request and response protocol used by all devices.
BMRT	Blue Moon Rendering Tools	RenderMan-compliant photorealistic rendering systems. It was distributed as freeware
BMT	Biel Mean Time	a synonym for Internet Time. BMT is followed by a @and 3 numbers ranging from 001 to 999. The Swatch organization devised an idea to divide the 24 hour day into 1000 "beats", often called Swatchbeats, each being 26.4 seconds in length.
BNC	Bayone-Neill-Concelman / British Naval Connector	A connector type for 10Base2 or Thin-Net networks. Shaped like the letter T, it connects coaxial cables. The “T” has two male connectors and one female connector.
BNF	Backus-Naur Form	formal meta-syntax for describing context-free syntaxes. In speech recognition, a special adaptation of grammar representation specified by Speech Recognition Control Language (SRCL)
BNI	Broadband Network Interface	Broadband Network Interface
BNOS	Brocade Network OS	Brocade OS that can converge fbre channel and IP onto a Linux core
BO / BOBJ	Business Objects	a French enterprise software company, specializing in BI. Since 2007 is part of SAP AG.
BOA	Basic Object Adapter	Software that provides CORBA-compliant services for object implementations.
BOB	Breakout Box Business Object Broker	Also known as an EIA monitor, a breakout box serves to monitor the status of signals of the pins of an RS-232C connector or cable and allows signals to be broken, patched, or cross-connected. SAP's message broker for R/3.
BOC	Bell operating company	Any of the 22 original companies (or their successors) that were created from the breakup of AT&T in 1983. They were reorganized into seven Bell regional holding companies (RHCs).
BOCU-1	Binary Ordered Compression for Unicode	A Unicode compression scheme that is MIME-compatible (directly usable for e-mail) and preserves binary order, which is useful for databases and sorted lists.
BoD	Bandwidth on Demand	BoD value-added service enables you to request additional bandwidth between any two locations during heavy demand period
BOD	Business Object Document	A representation of a standard business process that flows within an organization or between organizations. BODs are defined by the Open Applications Group using XML.
BOL	Books Online	A bookstore on the Internet created as a joint venture of German publisher Bertelsmann and French publisher Havas. It is designed to be pan-European with a Web site available in various local languages. http://www.bol.com
BOM	Beginning of Message bill of materials Byte Order Mark	a telephony term. A short electrical pulse provided by a digital announcer when used in certain 4 wire E & M modes. A structured list of the raw materials, parts and assemblies that constitute a product to be manufactured, often used in manufacturing and SCM systems. The Unicode character U+FEFF when used to indicate the byte order of a text.
BONDING	Bandwidth on Demand Inter-Operability Group	An industry working group that develops common control and synchronization standards needed to manage high-speed data as it travels through the PSTN. These standards are for DS0 inverse multiplexing and switched services.
boot	bootstrap	To start a computer and load the operating system to prepare the computer to execute an application.
BOOTP	Bootstrap Protocol	A protocol - defined in Internet Engineering Task Force Request for Comment 951 - that enables a diskless client machine connected to an IP network to discover its own IP address and the address of a server running the protocol.
BOPS	Billions of Processes Per Second	Processing speed
bot / botnet	robot (network)	generally used to refer to an automated program used to process data with minimal human intervention. Most often referred to as certain types of search engines that seek out information from pages on the Internet. A "botnet" is a network of computers that are infected with malware and then used to send spam and shut down Web sites (DDoS).
BOT	beginning of tape build-operate-transfer	In tape storage systems, the point at the start of the tape in a cartridge. Tape cartridge load times are often measured in terms of the time to BOT. A process used in several Asia/Pacific countries that allows foreign companies to build a telecommunications network in the country, operate it for a period and then transfer ownership to the government.
BPA	Business Process Analysis business process automation	the business-modeling space in which business professionals and IT analysts collaborate on enterprise business architecture, aimed at transforming and improving business performance. The automation of complex business processes and functions beyond conventional data manipulation and record-keeping activities, usually through the use of advanced technologies.
BPC	Business Planning and Consolidation	SAP NetWeaver capabilities
BPDM	Business Process Definition Metamodel	the first standard metamodel to facilitate development of service-oriented architectures within and among enterprises by unifying internal business or department processes (orchestration) with interactions between businesses or departments (choreography).
BPDU	Bridge Protocol Data Unit	parts of the STP that help describe and identify attributes of a switch port.
BPEL	Business Process Execution Language	An XML-based language for the formal specification of business processes and business interaction protocols.
BPEL4WS	Business Process Execution Language for Web Services	A set of specifications released in 2002 by IBM and Microsoft, combining previously separate efforts of the two companies. BPEL4WS is designed to enable Web services to support workflow and business process execution.
bpi	bits per inch	The density, measured in number of bits per inch, at which information can be stored on magnetic tape.
BPL	broadband over power lines	This is a technology that has never emerged successfully from many attempts since the early '80s. It is a direct competitor with both DSL and cable connectivity and attempts the same capability over electrical transmission lines.
BPM	business process management	BPM activities seek to make business processes more effective, more efficient, and more capable of adapting to an ever-changing environment.
BPON	Broadband Passive Optical Network	BPON standards were set by the ITU-T as G.983.3 for a local loop technology running the ATM protocol over single mode fiber.
BPOS	Business Productivity Online Standard Suite	Microsoft Cloud-based services
BPP	Bluetooth Basic Printing Bridge Port Pair business process platform	Represents a specially-developed Bluetooth profile that allows devices to send text, e-mails, vCards, images or other items to printers based on print jobs. Frame header information identifying a bridge/LAN pair of a Source route segment. a combined IT and business model that enables enterprises to accommodate rapid, but controlled, business process changes through the use of integrated process composition technologies and reusable business process components in a managed environment.
BPPM	BMC ProactiveNet Performance Management	BMC's APM solution includes both real and synthetic transaction capabilities, including a passive end user experience agent deployed as a sofware process or within a VM as a virtual appliance.
bps	Bits Per Second	Bits per second is the standard way of measuring how fast data moves across a network or phone system. For example, a 56K modem can hypothetically transfer data at 56,700 bits per second.
BPV	BiPolar Violation	the occurrence of two successive pulses of the same polarity in a bipolar signal. In T1 it is detected as an error.
BRA	Basic Rate Access	The name used in Canada and Europe for Basic Rate Interface (see BRI).
BRAN	Broadband Radio Access Networks	An ETSI project, it provides telecommunications services the middle ground between mobile systems and the wired access world
BRAS	Broadband Remote Access Server	the aggregation point for the subscriber traffic.
BRE	Business rule engines	used to automate controls, especially when business process management is implemented to standardize and automate critical regulated processes.
BREW	Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless	mobile channel technologies
BRF	Benchmark Report Format	In computer graphics, a standard format for reporting benchmark results. This format provides the purchaser with a consistent data-tracking system for comparing hardware platforms.
BRI	Basic Rate Interface	An Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) channel configuration. BRI - known as Basic Rate Access (BRA) in Canada and Europe - consists of two 64 kilobit per second (Kbps) data or voice channels, which are designated as B (bearer) channels, and one 16-Kbps signaling or packet data channel, designated as the D (delta) channel. BRI is, therefore, often referred to as 2B+D.
BROUTER	Bridge-Router	This was an early technology, which took advantage of the (relative) speed of a bridge, but also provided the capabilities of a router. The brouter was characterized by the term, "bridge when possible, route when necessary."
BRR	Business Readiness Rating	a proposed rating system for use by open source software community.
BRZ	Bipolar Return to Zero	RZ is a bipolar signal in which each pulse returns to zero amplitude before its time period ends. This prevents the buildup of DC current on the signal line.
BS 7799	British Standard 7799	A comprehensive standard from the British Standards Institute (BSI). Formally titled the "Code of Practice for Information Security Management," BS 7799 was significantly revised in 2000 and evolved into International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standard 17799
BSA	Business Software Alliance	A software industry coalition whose stated missions include industry education and copyright enforcement.
BSC	Balance Score Card binary synchronous communication	A business performance measurement system developed by Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton, that provides a method of aligning business activities to the strategy, and monitoring performance of strategic goals over time. A data-communication line protocol that uses a set of transmission control characters and control character sequences to send binary-coded data over a communication line.
BSD	Berkeley Software Distribution	the UNIX operating system derivative developed and distributed by the Computer Systems Research Group of the University of California, Berkeley, from 1977 to 1995
BSDI	Berkeley Software Design, Inc.	a commercial supplier of Internet and networking software based on the BSD (Berkeley) version of UNIX.
BSE	Basic Service Elements	In Open Network Architecture, BSEs are functions of the switched network. A BSE normally consists of an access link element, a features/functions element, or a transport and usage element that connects Enhanced Service Providers to their customers.
BSM	Business Service Management	a category of IT operations management software products that dynamically links the availability and performance events from underlying IT infrastructure and application components to the business-oriented IT services that enable business processes.
BSNL	Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited	a state-owned telecommunications company headquartered in New Delhi, India. BSNL is one of the largest Indian cellular service providers and the largest land line telephone provider in India.
BSoD	Blue Screen of Death	Terminal error screen displayed by Microsoft Windows, not normally recoverable except by a reboot. Also known as a Stop Screen. A blue screen will display a STOP error code, which may give some indication as to the cause.
BSP	board support package	Part of a software package that is processor or platform dependent. Typically, sample source code for the BSP is provided by the package developer.
BSS	Base Station System Broadband Switching System business support system	A wireless telecommunications term. A GSM device charged with managing radio frequency resources and radio frequency transmission for a group of BTSs. A carrier (e.g. LEC or IXC) switch for broadband communications. Such switches are capable of switching frames (Frame Relay) or cells (SMDS and ATM) at a very high rate of speed. A category of support software and services used by telecommunications industry firms for customer records, installations, maintenance, billing and operations.
BSSID	basic service set identifier	uniquely identifies each BSS, the SSID used in multiple, possibly overlapping.
BST	binary search tree	a type of binary tree where the nodes are arranged in order: for each node, all elements in its left subtree are less-or-equal to the node (<=), and all the elements in its right subtree are greater than the node (>).
BT	BitTorrent British Telecom bluetooth	a P2P file sharing system that reduces dependency on the original host (or the SEED) by having everyone who downloads the file also offer it for anonymous upload to others British Telecom. wireless technology that allows devices to communicate at short range. A cell phone being used with a hands-free headset is one example. Sending a document between a Bluetooth-enabled laptop and printer is another.
BTAG	Beginning Tag	An ATM term. A one octet field of the CPCS_PDU used in conjunction with the etag octet to form an association between the beginning of message and end of message.
BTAM	Basic Telecommunications Access Method	a low-level programming interface specified by IBM for use on the IBM System/360 for sending and receiving data through telecommunication lines
BTO	Business technology optimization	Business technology optimization
BTM	Benchmark Timing Methodology business transaction monitoring	In computer graphics, a method of measuring how long it takes to run the purchaser's benchmark interchange format program. business transaction monitoring
BTS	Bits Per Second	In data communications, bits per second (abbreviated bps) is a common measure of data speed for computer modems and transmission carriers.
BTW	By The Way	Computer jargon
BTX	Balanced Technology eXtended	ntel has collaborated with the Desktop Computing industry to create an evolutionary step in the desktop computer form factor. BTX integrates cost-effective engineering and design strategies for power dissipation, structural integrity, acoustic performance, and motherboard design into a scalable form factor.
BUS	Broadcast and Unknown Server	This server handles data sent by an LE Client to the broadcast MAC address ('FFFFFFFFFFFF'), all multicast traffic, and initial unicast frames which are sent by a LAN Emulation Client.
BVD	Basic Virtual Disk	a VD configured using only non-hybrid RAID levels like RAID-0, RAID5 or RAID5E. Its elements are physical disks.
BW	bandwidth	The measure of the range of frequencies within a band required to transmit a particular signal. The wider the bandwidth, the more information it can carry. Used to describe the data-carrying capacity of any given circuit or pathway. The measure of the rate at which information can be passed.
BYOD	bring your own device	a type of VoIP subscription. Subscribers who have their own VoIP device (a SIP-capable device) when signing up for a VoIP service will usually be able to take advantage of a cheaper subscription plan
	back door	A usually hidden or secret means for an external user to break into your host, network, application, or data. See also virus
	back end	the part of a computer system not directly interacting with the user.
	backbone	Backbone network is the main communication path in a WAN; the set of cables or connections that carries most of the traffic
	backhaul	The terrestrial link between an earth station and a switching or data center.
	bandwidth shaping	The process of manipulating, managing or controlling (shaping) portions of a network connection to the outside world and determining an allowed bandwidth consumption based on types of activities.
	bank	A slot or group of slots, usually on a systemboard (motherboard), that are populated by memory modules of the same capacity. A slang term for general memory in a computer; the memory bank.
	Baud Rate	The speed at which a modem sends and receives data, e.g., 2400 bps, 9600 bps. One baud is roughly equivalent to one bit per second.
	benchmark / benchmarking	a computer program used to test the performance of a computer or a piece of software. Measuring performance qualities (such as efficiency or spending) of enterprise organizations or processes (such IS) against comparative benchmarks.
	best-effort	Describes a network system that does not use a sophisticated acknowledgment system to guarantee reliable delivery of information.
	best practice	A group of tasks that optimizes the efficiency or effectiveness of the business discipline or process to which it contributes. Best practices are generally adaptable and replicable across similar organizations or enterprises.
	beta	Software that's still in the testing stage not quite ready for wide release. During a beta test users report bugs back to the developers.
	bid	An attempt to gain control over a line in order to transmit data. Usually associated with contention style of sharing a single line among several terminals.
	Big Blue	A slang name for IBM. Blue is IBM's corporate color.
	Bilevel	A type of image containing only black and white pixels.
	Binary	A numbering system with only two values: 0 (zero) and 1 (one).
	Biometric Authentication	use biometric traits to verify users' claimed identities when accessing devices, networks, networked applications or Web applications
	Bitcoin	digital currency that serves the same functions and purposes as money
	black box	A generic term used to identify functional equipment segments, as opposed to circuitry, that make up each segment of a telecommunications system.
	blade server	A server architecture that houses multiple server modules ("blades") in a single chassis. It is widely used in datacenters to save space and improve system management.
	blawg	Slang term used to describe an online blog that is written by lawyers, or one that is focused on providing legal-oriented content.
	bogie	also spelled bogey, refers to a false blip on a radar display. The term is also used to describe radar echoes that occur for unknown reasons, especially in the military, where such a signal might indicate hostile aircraft.
	booking.com	Booking.com is the world's leading online hotel reservations agency by room nights sold, attracting over 30 million unique visitors each month via the Internet from both leisure and business markets worldwide. Priceline is the parent company. http://www.booking.com/
	Boolean	A term that originated in the in the realm of mathematics, and that is now commonly known for its application to search engine logic. A Boolean search allows for the inclusion or exclusion of documents containing certain keywords
	Bottleneck	A point at which the performance or capacity of an entire system or network can be significantly influenced. Formally, a bottleneck lies on a network or system’s critical path and provides the lowest throughput.
	bounce	The return of a piece of mail because of an error in its delivery.
	Bricks and clicks	business that existed pre-Internet that now uses e-commerce technology to sell on the Internet
	bridge	Device that connects and passes packets between two network segments that use the same communications protocol. Bridges operate at the data link layer (Layer 2) of the OSI reference model.
	broadband	Broadband is another word for high-speed Internet. Because it transfers information quickly, broadband is ideal for downloading music and watching streaming videos.
	broadcast	Data packet that are sent to all nodes on a network. Broadcasts are identified by a broadcast address.
	buffer	A storage area used for handling data in transit. Buffers are used in internetworking to compensate for differences in processing speed between network devices. Bursts of data can be stored in buffers until they can be handled by slower processing devices. Sometimes referred to as a packet buffer.
	bug	An error in a piece of software that stops it from working the way that it should do.
	burn	Create a CD or DVD.
	burst	Temporary increased network loading due to a data surge or alarm avalanche
	bus	A communication pathway between the components in your computer. Bus topology has computers connected to a strand of network cabling that is connected to network repeaters at one end and terminated at the other.
	business technology	Pervasive technology use that boosts business results.
	bypass mode	Operating mode on FDDI and token ring networks where an interface has de-inserted from the ring.