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Published: Wednesday, 02 May 2018 10:30
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The acronym IoE (Internet of Everything) describes a context in which commonly used devices and products are all connected to the Internet and equipped with digital capabilities. In this ideal, in the future everything will be connected to the global network.
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Published: Monday, 30 April 2018 10:30
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The term Snippet indicates an extract of code that is short, reusable and easily integrated into larger codes. For example, a snippet can be composed of some lines of code that implement a certain function through parameters that are independent of the surrounding code.
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Published: Friday, 27 April 2018 10:30
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A Zero Day Exploit describes a situation in which specific and unknown vulnerabilities are disclosed to the public simultaneously with the discovery of the same. This is a potentially very risky situation, because in the immediate future there are no patches or solutions that can secure the exploit.
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Published: Wednesday, 25 April 2018 10:30
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InfiniBand is an input / output architecture for the transmission of data between high performance systems composed of CPUs, processors and storage and characterized by high working frequencies, very low latencies and wide scalability.
IB architectures are realized through networks composed of switches with throughput higher than those typical of broadcast architectures like Ethernet. The maximum data transfer rate is around 40 Gbps.
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Published: Monday, 23 April 2018 10:30
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The acronym DPO (Data Protection Officer) indicates the person or persons who, within the company context, are responsible for the correct application and compliance of the regulation on data processing (GDPR).
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Published: Thursday, 19 April 2018 10:30
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The acronym GDPR indicates the new General Data Protection Regulation, which will come into force on 25 May 2018. This is the single and mandatory regulation for the whole European Union and that replaces the previous law on Privacy. The purpose of this provision is to restore the control of personal data to users and to intervene more precisely in case of data breach.
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Published: Tuesday, 17 April 2018 10:30
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In the field of Information Technology, the term piggybacking refers to situations where an unauthorized third party gains access to protected systems, exploiting the collaboration with an entity that is authorized to do so.
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Published: Friday, 13 April 2018 10:30
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Hold Down Timer is a technique used by network routers. When a node receives notification that another router is offline, it starts a tolerance timer to allow time for offline devices to recover, without having to update their respective routing tables accordingly.
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Published: Thursday, 12 April 2018 10:30
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Blockchain is a process in which a set of subjects (or nodes) shares computing and computing resources, to make available to the community a virtual database in which each participant has a copy of the data contained. The system is regulated by a cryptographic protocol considered safe by the community itself.
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Published: Thursday, 12 April 2018 10:30
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The acronym LRDIMM (Load Reduce DIMM) indicates a specific type of RAM memory (of the Registered DIMM family) that replaces the memory register with an isolated circuit called Isolated Memory Buffer. This component buffers commands, memory addresses and data signals and isolates the host controller's memory chip. In practice, the physical host "reads" only the iMB chip upstream of the desk and allows an increase in storage capacity up to 100%.
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Published: Thursday, 12 April 2018 10:30
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WSL stands for Windows Subsystem for Linux, a resource that makes possible to run Linux commands on Windows systems, allowing developers to work on Windows machines and leveraging commands of the open source OS. It was introduced in Windows 10 version 1607.
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Published: Wednesday, 11 April 2018 13:30
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The term Cloud Orchestration describes the techniques of cloud process automation to certain goals. Unlike simple automation, which deals with individual and specific tasks, orchestration "understands" and manages entire sets of tasks and processes.
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Published: Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:30
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IRQ (Interrupt Request) indicates an asynchronous signal sent to the processor by a certain device that implies the execution of a certain command.
This kind of interrupts is generated by the hardware parts the machine is composed, unlike software IRQs that are generated by a certain software state, so not related to a physical device.
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Published: Tuesday, 30 January 2018 13:30
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IPsec (Internet Protocol Security) is a set of protocols that provide security for the IP protocol itself, like additional authentication options, integrity control a data encryption. It’s often used to realize secure VPN networks.
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Published: Monday, 29 January 2018 13:30
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The term ISP, which stands for Internet Service Provider, refers to these companies that provide their clients with Internet connectivity. This service is offered using different technologies; traditionally, via twisted-pair cabling, and more recently, optical fibre (to-the-home or to-the-cabinet).
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Published: Friday, 26 January 2018 13:30
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The term load balancing describes a series of techniques used to distribute the (computational) workload in a dynamic manner among the resources of an infrastructure like CPU, memory, network interfaces or storage devices. The goal of load balancing is to handle tasks in a quick and reliable way, and to appear as a single entity to the external world.
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Published: Thursday, 25 January 2018 13:30
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The term NsLookup refers to a useful tool included in most operating systems that can perform an inspection (look up) of IP addresses and can send specific queries to DNS servers. These includes the resolution of a domain name as an IP and vice versa.
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Published: Wednesday, 24 January 2018 13:30
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Written by Lorenzo Bedin
In the context of IT infrastructures, the term (server) consolidation describes a situation where a physical server runs one or more software server applications as multiple instances. This way, computational resources can be shared more effectively between different software applications.
A typical example of consolidation is the P2V conversion of physical environments on hosts with hypervisors.
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Published: Tuesday, 31 October 2017 13:30
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Written by Lorenzo Bedin
The term Microkernel indicates a certain code (or software) that maintains the least number of functions and instructions to implement an operating system. A microkernel must be able to handle basic mechanisms of the system, thus having a flexible base to build the entire operating system upon.
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Published: Tuesday, 31 October 2017 13:30
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Written by Lorenzo Bedin
The term monolithic kernel refers to that part of the operating system that manages a complete access to I/O devices, memory, hardware interrupts and CPU stack. This type of kernel tends to be larger than other typologies, because it integrates many functions at the same level.
A monolithic kernel is at the basis of operating systems like Unix, Linux, macOS and DOS.