Definition Of ICD
World Wide Web Definition
4/01/21 •
A technical definition of the World Wide Web is: all the resources and users on the Internet that are using the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP). A broader definition comes from…
XML Definition
9/11/22 •
…feeds, glossaries, inventory lists, real estate properties, etc. As long as a programmer has the XML definition for a collection of data (often called a “schema”) then they can create…
Do You REALLY Need A Large Emergency Cash Fund?
1/18/23 •
…my definition of ‘small’ is about three months of living expenses. Here’s why I only have a small emergency fund. I have a small pile of cash for unforeseen expenses…
Software Engineering (1)
4/26/21 •
…science and software engineering wasn’t clear to me until reading this book. McConnell provides a dictionary definition: “Software engineering is the application of scientific and mathematical principals toward practical ends.”…
Strategy and Planning: Overcoming The Failures
1/25/23 •
…what in fact determines how we will accomplish that goal. At this point, you may well be squirming in frustration at this definition of strategy, or nodding your head in…
Projects Are Strategy
8/08/23 •
…multiple layers of definition, from the overarching corporate objectives through to individual business unit and departmental plans. The key emphasis is on ensuring alignment from the organization to the division…
Project Management Fundamentals (1)
1/25/21 •
…others will need to be added. The project objectives are a critical reference for the project. They act as the definition of success for the project manager and the goals…
Fish Food Ingredients Analysis
10/04/20 •
…both, with or without the extraction of part of the oil.” There is no AAFCO definition for “Whole Fish Meal”, such as “Whole Salmon Meal”, so any fish food company…
Definition of ETF: Just What Is An ETF?
6/15/22 •
Exchange Trade Funds (ETFs) are very much like mutual funds. That is, they are baskets of stock that are bought and sold. They differ from mutual funds in that shares…
ARPANET Network Definition
7/03/22 •
In the mid-1960s, at the height of the Cold War, the DoD wanted a command and control network that could survive a nuclear war. Traditional circuit-switch telephone networks were considered…
Assumption Definition
3/20/22 •
There may be external circumstances or events that must occur for the project to be successful. If you believe these external events are likely to happen, then you have an…
Definition of Biotechnology
7/05/22 •
Biotechnology refers to the use of microorganisms such as bacteria or biological substances such as enzymes, to perform industrial or manufacturing processes. Although biotechnology seems new, it has been around…
Blog Definition
7/06/22 •
A blog is a lot like a journal except it is generally intended to be read by others. The topics for blogs vary greatly; some being about day to day…
Blogging Definition
12/08/20 •
Blogging is the verb (action word) that has been coined by people to refer to the act of adding an entry or entries to a blog. Those that actively engage…
Bluetooth Definition
7/08/22 •
Bluetooth is a transmission specification for digital data exchange between 2 or more devices over short-range. This data can be anything including documents, images, and voice and the devices include…
Definition of BMP
7/09/22 •
BMP (short for bitmap) is a graphic format used internally by the Microsoft Windows graphics subsystem, and used commonly as a simple graphics file format on that platform. BMP files…
Business Analyst Definition
7/10/22 •
The business analyst is skilled at working with end-users to determine what their needs are. Often, the business analyst has some technical experience which is useful in determining if a…
Business Case Definition
7/11/22 •
A business case is part of a project’s mandate, produced before a project is initiated. Although it may be crafted by many people, the business case is owned by the…
Business Process Outsourcing Definition
9/04/20 •
Business process outsourcing (BPO) is the act of giving a third-party the responsibility of running what would otherwise be an internal system or service. For instance, an insurance company might…
Client/Server Definition
2/21/21 •
The term client/server describes one possible relationship between two software applications in which the client makes a service request from the server. The client/server relationship can apply to two programs…
Computer Crime Definition
7/12/22 •
A computer crime is any illegal action where the data on a computer is accessed without permission. This access doesn’t have to result in loss of data or even data…
Computer Programmer Definition
7/13/22 •
Before the Internet became widely used, most custom software development fell in to the category of client/server software. The “client”, in this case, was an end-user’s computer and the “server”…
Content Management System (CMS) Definition
8/24/21 •
A content management system is what allows company employees to publish new content to their websites. These systems eliminate the need for content writers to be concerned with the technical…
Copywriter Definition
7/14/22 •
The “copy” in this case means the words that a user will see when visiting a website or using a software application. A lot of people undervalue the work of…
Definition of CPU
7/15/22 •
The CPU (central processing unit) is the part of a computer controls the interpretation and execution of instructions. Generally, the CPU is a single microchip, but that doesn’t necessarily have…