Appendix D. Glossary of Terms

ActiveX  A loosely defined set of technologies developed by Microsoft. ActiveX, formerly known as Network OLE control, is a segment of binary codes that can run only on the platform for which it was compiled. ActiveX is an outgrowth of two other Microsoft technologies called OLE (Object Linking and Embedding) and COM (Component Object Model). Understanding the entire ActiveX environment can be very confusing because it applies to a whole set of COM-based technologies.
ADSL Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line A method of sending high-speed data (fast enough to carry digitized movies, for example) over the existing pair of wires from a telephone company's central office to most residences. A line-encoding scheme (that ...

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