• In computing, SPICE (the Simple Protocol for Independent Computing Environments) is a remote-display system built for virtual environments which allows...
    9 KB (841 words) - 10:39, 29 November 2024
  • Buffer Protocol (RFB) – A framebuffer level cross-platform protocol that VNC is based on. SPICE (Simple Protocol for Independent Computing Environments) –...
    14 KB (1,498 words) - 17:06, 10 June 2025
  • Thumbnail for Network Time Protocol
    The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is a networking protocol for clock synchronization between computer systems over packet-switched, variable-latency data...
    63 KB (6,444 words) - 10:14, 19 June 2025
  • identified the need for defining higher-level protocols. The UK National Computing Centre publication 'Why Distributed Computing', which was based on...
    123 KB (13,567 words) - 04:40, 12 June 2025
  • The Internet protocol suite, commonly known as TCP/IP, is a framework for organizing the communication protocols used in the Internet and similar computer...
    59 KB (6,853 words) - 09:53, 19 June 2025
  • independent of how it is to be implemented. Communication protocols have to be agreed upon by the parties involved. To reach an agreement, a protocol...
    65 KB (8,231 words) - 03:45, 25 May 2025
  • BOINC—Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing BOM—Byte Order Mark BOOTP—Bootstrap Protocol BPDU—Bridge Protocol Data Unit BPEL—Business Process...
    92 KB (6,595 words) - 12:30, 13 June 2025
  • AppleTalk is a discontinued proprietary suite of networking protocols developed by Apple Computer for their Macintosh computers. AppleTalk includes a number...
    47 KB (6,183 words) - 02:08, 26 May 2025
  • Thumbnail for Quantum computing
    of information in quantum computing, the qubit (or "quantum bit"), serves the same function as the bit in classical computing. However, unlike a classical...
    113 KB (12,430 words) - 14:39, 13 June 2025
  • The Advanced Message Queuing Protocol (AMQP) is an open standard application layer protocol for message-oriented middleware. The defining features of AMQP...
    24 KB (2,669 words) - 04:06, 15 February 2025
  • Open Grid Services Architecture (category Grid computing)
    Description Language (WSDL) and the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), but it aims to be largely independent of transport-level handling of data....
    4 KB (482 words) - 00:37, 31 March 2023
  • software-defined networking (SDN) for large datacenter, cloud computing, high-performance computing, and high-frequency trading environments. These products include...
    29 KB (2,512 words) - 10:50, 28 May 2025
  • Thumbnail for Load balancing (computing)
    In computing, load balancing is the process of distributing a set of tasks over a set of resources (computing units), with the aim of making their overall...
    49 KB (6,593 words) - 07:51, 19 June 2025
  • Thumbnail for Preboot Execution Environment
    In computing, the Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE; often pronounced as /ˈpɪksiː/ pixie), often called PXE boot (pixie boot), is a specification describing...
    19 KB (2,709 words) - 13:09, 8 April 2025
  • very well for ad-hoc environments where the data sender is not known in advance. If the environment is predictable, a timing-based protocol such as Asynchronous...
    109 KB (12,941 words) - 18:55, 17 June 2025
  • Thumbnail for Peer-to-peer
    Peer-to-peer (P2P) computing or networking is a distributed application architecture that partitions tasks or workloads between peers. Peers are equally...
    61 KB (6,951 words) - 13:14, 24 May 2025
  • while this new type of computation and protocol is about concealing partial information about data while computing with the data from many sources, and...
    42 KB (5,909 words) - 21:09, 27 May 2025
  • it to evolve independently from CORBA. Other protocols to be mentioned are: DDS-XRCE (DDS for eXtremely Resource Constrained Environments), this specification...
    13 KB (1,598 words) - 22:01, 15 March 2025
  • UDP-based Data Transfer Protocol (UDT), is a high-performance data transfer protocol designed for transferring large volumetric datasets over high-speed...
    11 KB (1,477 words) - 11:47, 29 April 2025
  • Syslog (redirect from Syslog (protocol))
    In computing, syslog (/ˈsɪslɒɡ/) is a standard for message logging. It allows separation of the software that generates messages, the system that stores...
    16 KB (1,535 words) - 19:14, 24 May 2025
  • reworking the entire application. N-tier architecture is a good fit for small and simple applications because of its simplicity and low-cost. Also, it can...
    14 KB (1,693 words) - 05:20, 9 April 2025
  • Gopher protocol (/ˈɡoʊfər/ ) is a communication protocol designed for distributing, searching, and retrieving documents in Internet Protocol networks...
    47 KB (4,249 words) - 04:20, 15 March 2025
  • In computing, the X Window System (commonly: X11, or X) is a network-transparent windowing system for bitmap displays. This article details the protocols...
    33 KB (3,740 words) - 17:52, 19 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for X Window System
    distribution it is a complete, albeit simple, display and interface solution which delivers a standard toolkit and protocol stack for building graphical user interfaces...
    70 KB (7,526 words) - 07:35, 15 June 2025
  • Thumbnail for Computer network
    the History of Computing. 9 (3/4): 221–247. doi:10.1109/MAHC.1987.10023. S2CID 8172150. the first occurrence in print of the term protocol in a data communications...
    97 KB (11,568 words) - 01:40, 15 June 2025
  • Thumbnail for Desktop virtualization
    Desktop virtualization (category Centralized computing)
    desktop computing services in environments where providing every user with a dedicated desktop PC is either too expensive or otherwise unnecessary. For IT...
    12 KB (1,509 words) - 10:14, 11 June 2025
  • Clock synchronization (category Distributed computing problems)
    the NTP protocol, Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP), can also be used as a pure single-shot stateless primary/secondary synchronization protocol, but lacks...
    13 KB (1,539 words) - 14:49, 6 April 2025
  • communication protocol over a network. A service is a discrete unit of functionality that can be accessed remotely and acted upon and updated independently, such...
    37 KB (4,307 words) - 21:43, 24 July 2024
  • computing platform that the software products make available, and any computing system that has been developed and deployed by using this computing platform...
    18 KB (2,264 words) - 21:48, 20 August 2022
  • Thumbnail for Plug-in (computing)
    Look up plug-in or add-on in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In computing, a plug-in (also spelled plugin) or add-in (also addin, add-on, or addon) is...
    9 KB (1,004 words) - 02:49, 7 June 2025