- Industry: Computer
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Sometimes referred to as “Big Blue” IBM is a multinational corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York. It manufactures computer hardware and software and provides information technology and services.
A numeric mode that consists of a sign, a signed exponent, and a significand. Its numeric value is the signed product of its significand and two raised to the power of its exponent.
Industry:Software
A technique for testing computer software by using a test method and test data to demonstrate the presence or absence of a set of specific faults. For example, to demonstrate that the software correctly handles a divide-by-zero fault, the test data would include zero.
Industry:Software
A type of factory that handles the details of event transmission such as the event server location, the philtre settings, or the underlying transmission mechanism.
Industry:Software
A programmable workstation that does not contain a diskette or tape drive or a hard disk. Cooperative processing is done through a shared folder on the server.
Industry:Software
A technique for testing software that entails minimal planning and often includes limited software documentation. The test results, which rely on the tester's skill and knowledge, guide ongoing and subsequent tests. Exploratory testing is often conducted in short sessions.
Industry:Software
A type of fibre optic cabling that is based on 850-mm lasers and supports 1.0625-Gbps link speeds. SWL can also refer to the type of gigabit interface converter (GBIC) or small form-factor pluggable (SFP). See also long wavelength.
Industry:Software
A programmer who plans, maintains, and controls the use of an operating system with the aim of improving overall productivity of an installation. See also system operator.
Industry:Software
A technique in object-oriented development to define what objects should do in the system (their responsibilities), and identify other objects (the collaborators) that are involved in fulfilling these responsibilities.
Industry:Software
A type of fiber-optic cabling that is based on 1300-mm lasers and supports link speeds of 1.0625 Gbps. LWL also refers to the type of gigabit interface converter (GBIC) or small form-factor pluggable (SFP). See also short wavelength.
Industry:Software
