WhatIs: Word of the Day

OpenBSD

WhatIs.com — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:18:45 EST

OpenBSD is a free operating system based upon the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) of UNIX developed at the University of California-Berkeley.

mobile marketing

WhatIs.com — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:17:02 EST

Mobile marketing is promotional activity designed for delivery to cell phones, smart phones and other handheld devices, usually as a component of a multi-channel campaign.

micro-botnet

WhatIs.com — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:15:47 EST

A micro-botnet, also called a mini-botnet or baby botnet, is a small network of Internet-connected computers that have been hijacked to attack specific companies or individuals within a company.

WAN clustering

WhatIs.com — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:30:06 EDT

WAN clustering, also called geoclustering, high-availability clustering or remote clustering, is the use of multiple redundant computing resources located in different geographical locations to form what appears to be a single highly-available system.

Shared Assessments Program

WhatIs.com — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:28:46 EDT

In compliance, the Shared Assessments Program provides organizations with a way to obtain a detailed report about a service provider's controls (people, process and procedures) and a procedure for verifying that the information in the report is accurate.

real-time location system (RTLS)

WhatIs.com — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:59:13 EDT

A real-time location system (RTLS) is one of a number of technologies used to pinpoint the current geographic position and location of a target.

cloud cartography

WhatIs.com — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:58:01 EDT

Cloud cartography is a scheme for pinpointing the physical locations of Web servers hosted on a third-party cloud computing service.

Wi-Fi Direct

WhatIs.com — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:56:49 EDT

Products certified for Wi-Fi Direct can talk directly to one another without having to join a network.

master data management

WhatIs.com — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:16:09 EDT

Master data management (MDM) is a comprehensive method of enabling an enterprise to link all of its critical data to one file, called a master file, that provides a common point of reference... (Continued)

stateful inspection

WhatIs.com — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:57:23 EDT

Stateful inspection is a firewall technology that monitors the state of active connections and uses this information to determine which network packets to allow through the firewall. Stateful inspection is also known as dynamic packet filtering.