Acronym
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Choice: V or VM
VAIO - Video Audio Integrated Operation
VAR - Value Added Reseller - organization
that adds value to a system and resells it. VARs typically repackage
products, but might
also
include programs/additions they have developed themselves
VCM
- Virtual Channel Memory
VDSM - Very Deep
SubMicron
VESA - Video Electronics
Standards Association - association that promotes and develops
open display and display interface
standards
in order to ensure interoperability. www.vesa.org
VGA
- Video Graphics Array - a graphics display system for PCs
developed by IBM - has become one of the de facto standards
for
PCs. In text
mode, VGA systems provide a resolution of 720 by 400 pixels,
in graphics mode it is either 640 by 480 (with 16 colors)
or 320 by
200 (with 256 colors).
VIP - Video Interface Port
ViSTA
- VLSI Integrated Set-Top Architecture
VLR - Visitor Location Register -
a network database that holds information about roaming customers
VLSI
- Very Large Scale Integration
VMC - Verilog Model Compiler
VMI
- Video Module Interface
VOD - Video-On-Demand
VoIP - Voice Over IP - telephony
carried over internet connections, often connected through
telephone company exchanges and independent service providers
(ISPs), although also connected point to point in an ISP
intranet, or more frequently among multiple ISPs
VPLus
- Visual Programming System - (V+) - based on the visual
programming language - uses images to replace
text providing a more natural
programming paradigm
VPNs - Virtual Private
Networks - enable interactive information exchange on the
Internet (as opposed to EDI which is simply
for data exchange) used to connect a certain/limited number
of companies
for information exchange
VRML - Virtual Reality Modeling
Language
VSAT - Very Small Aperture
Terminal - small, software-driven earth stations (typically
3-6 feet) used
for the transmission
of data,
video, or voice via satellite. TLS - Transport Layer
Security
VSM - Virtual Shared Memory
VSS - VHDL System Simulator
More to come!
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