WhatIs: Word of the Day

MapReduce

WhatIs.com — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:33:46 EST

MapReduce is a software framework that allows developers to write programs that process massive amounts of unstructured data in parallel across a distributed cluster of processors or stand-alone computers.

XHTML

WhatIs.com — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:57:39 EST

XHTML (Extensible Hypertext Markup Language) is a reformulation of HTML 4.0 as an application of the Extensible Markup Language (XML). For readers unacquainted with either term, HTML is the set of codes (that's the "markup language") that a writer puts into a document to make it displayable on the World Wide Web.

CAVE

WhatIs.com — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:50:17 EST

CAVE (Cave Automatic Virtual Environment) is a virtual reality environment consisting of a cube-shaped room in which the walls are rear-projection screens... (Continued)

Google Chrome OS

WhatIs.com — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:48:56 EST

Google Chrome OS is an open source lightweight operating system (OS).

wireless distribution system (WDS)

WhatIs.com — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:41:25 EST

A wireless distribution system (WDS) is a method of interconnecting access points (AP) in a wireless local area network (WLAN). WDS makes it possible to expand the network range without requiring that access points connect through a wired backbone.

XaaS (anything as a service)

WhatIs.com — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:01:45 EST

XaaS is a collective term that stands for a number of things including X as a service, anything as a service or everything as a service. The acronym refers to any of an increasing number of services provided over the Internet that have been traditionally provided locally.

Broadband over Power Line

Margaret Rouse — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:00:32 EST

Broadband over Power Line (BPL) is a technology that allows Internet data to be transmitted over utility power lines.

IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards)

WhatIs.com — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:59:15 EST

IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards) is a set of accounting standards developed by an independent, not-for profit organization called the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB).

pigs and chickens

WhatIs.com — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:22:32 EST

Pigs and chickens is an analogy used in the Scrum software development model to define the type of role an attendee can play at a daily scrum meeting.

burn down chart

WhatIs.com — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:21:16 EST

A burn down chart is a visual representation of the amount of work that still needs to be completed before the end of a project.