All visitors are logged and counted. Click on this icon to view the visitor-statistics. The grand encyclopedia of computer terminology This encyclopedia is compiled by produkties.uithuizen.net This explains the most common computerterms which you can encounter. This list was compiled from several sources. It does not explain HTML commands in detail because for this purpose another encyclopedia is available.The most recent update of this document can be found at: http://www.uithuizen.net/encyclopedia/terms.php Choose a list of terms you want to see .A-.Z   0-9   A   B   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   J   K   L    M   N   O   P   Q   R   S   T   U   V   W   X   Y   Z Type a term you want to search for: and You want more information? Well click on these links: Random House Personal Computer Dictionary u      UART   uvd 26 items available in this category UART Acronym for Universal Asynchronus Receiver-Transmitter; An I/O device that sends and receives information in bit-serial fashion. UCMore Known spyware or adware. UCSearch Known spyware or adware. UE Acronym for User Element UIN Acronym for Universal Internet Number. A number which is assigned when one is participating in the ICQ Internet Paging system. UKVideo Known spyware or adware. UMB Acronym for Upper Memory Block; a 384 KB large, noncontiguous section of allocable memory located between 640 KB en 1024 KB. UNC Acronym for Universal Naming Convention. The standard way of describing network servers and their directories under MS-DOS and Windows NT/XP. A name in UNC format consists of two backslashes followed by the server name, optionally followed by another backslash and a list of backslash-separated fields; for example \SERVER1\SHARED-DIR\SUBDIR1\SUBDIR2\FILENAME.EXT. underscore This symbol: *_*. UNIX A multi-user operating system that AT&T Bell Laboratories introduced in the early 1970s and is now a favorite operating system for a wide variety of systems. up A functioning computer or network. Opposite of down. up and running Perfectly functioning. upload The process of placing data(files) on a BBS or the WWW with a modem. See also download. UPS Acronym for Uninterruptable Power Supply. URAT.B Known spyware or adware. URI Acronym for Universal Resource Identifier. URL Acronym for Uniform Resource Locator. Each document has its own unique location or address indicated by the URL. For this document: http://www.uithuizen.net/encyclopedia/terms.php. URLBlaze Known spyware or adware. USART Acronym for Universal Synchronous/Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter. USB Acronym for Universal Serial Bus which is the successor of the serial port. USENET Acronym for the User Network. A world-wide system of discussion groups, with comments passed among hundreds of thousands of machines. Not all USENET machines are on the Internet, maybe half. USENET is completely"decentralized, with over 50,000 discussion areas, called newsgroups. Newsgroups can be divided into two categories: world newsgroups, which are distributed automatically to all Usenet sites, and alternative newsgroups. user ID See ID expl. 1. USRT Acronym for Universal Synchronous Receiver Transmitter. utility A supplemental routine or program used for performing specific tasks like changing the systemenvironment. UUENCODE Acronym for Unix to Unix Encoding. A method for converting files from Binary to ASCII (text) so that they can be sent across the Internet via E-mail. uvd Unified Video Decoder This encyclopedia is for informational purposes only. All (registered) trademarks mentioned are property of their respective owners. No infringement of third party rights intended. The author cannot garantuee that the information presented is complete or that it contains no errors.