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Yahoo!

n. The first major online Web-based directory and search engine for Internet resources, which can be found at http://www.yahoo.com. See also search engine (definition 2).

Yellow Pages

n. 1. The former name of a UNIX utility, provided by SunSoft (Sun Microsystems system software), that maintains a central database of names and locations of the resources on a network. The Yellow Pages enable processes on any node to locate resources by name. This utility is now known formally as NIS (Network Information Service). 2. InterNIC Registration Services' database of domain names and their IP addresses. See also domain name, IP address. 3. Any of several Internet business directory services. Some are print publications, some are strictly electronic, and some are both.

Ymodem

n. A variation of the Xmodem file transfer protocol that includes the following enhancements: the ability to transfer information in 1-kilobyte (1,024-byte) blocks, the ability to send multiple files (batch file transmission), cyclical redundancy checking (CRC), and the ability to abort transfer by transmitting two CAN (cancel) characters in a row. See also CRC, Xmodem.

yocto-

prefix A metric prefix meaning 10-24 (one septillionth in the American system).

yotta-

prefix Metric prefix meaning 1024 (one septillion in the American system).

 

A/B Switch box ~ America On-line  AMI BIOS ~ Arithmetic Operation  ARP ~ AVI  Backbone ~ Bit Image  Bit Map ~ Boot Disk  Boot Drive ~ Bytes Per Inch  C++ ~ Carrier Frequency  carrier system ~ certification  CGI ~ Chooser extension  cipher ~ Clipper Chip  clock ~ color  color bits ~ communications satellite  communications server ~ computer security  CON ~ copy  copy program ~ cycle time  daemon ~ defragmentation  demand paging ~ digitize  DikuMUD ~ disk  disk buffer ~ Document Style Semantics and Specification Language  document window ~ dynamic Web page  Easter egg ~ erase  erase head ~ ezine  F2F ~ finger2  firewall ~ font suitcase  footer ~ FYI  Game Control Adapter ~ GUI  HAL ~ hot key1  hot key2 ~ Hz  i486DX ~ internal modem  internet ~ ISO 9660  ISO/OSI model ~ just-in-time  K1 ~ knowledge base  L1 cache ~ LU  luggable computer ~ LZW compression  MAC ~ MILNET  mime ~ msec  MTBF ~ MYOB  named anchor ~ network drive  Network File System ~ number crunching  object ~ overwrite mode  P5 ~ PC/XT keyboard  PDA ~ pipeline processing  piracy ~ preventive maintenance  preview ~ pwd  quasi-language ~ QWERTY keyboard  R&D ~ registration marks  Registry ~ RFI  RF shielding ~ run-time library  SAA ~ server error  server push-pull ~ soft return  software ~ style sheet  stylus ~ System  T1 ~ ToggleKeys  token ~ typography  UART ~ uupc  V.120 ~ view2  viewer ~ VxD  w3 ~ WinG  WINS ~ WWW  X.25 ~ X Windows  Yahoo! ~ yotta-  Z39.50 standard ~ Zulu time

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