electronic in cheat sheets
Cheat Sheet: Galileo
Cheat Sheet Well the UK has plans to use it for electronic 'pay per mile' road use charging by 2014 as it's cheaper than other tech available and more accurate than GPS. What's a 16th century scientist got to do with technology? [28 Jan 2008]
Cheat Sheet: E-government deadlines
Cheat Sheet Electronic government is going to transform the way the public sector communicates with the average Joe on the street, or so Whitehall hopes. E-government? Sounds like a clubber's dream come true. Ha Ha. [01 Dec 2005]
Cheat Sheet: Contactless payments
Cheat Sheet This was used for paying for public transport but has become an electronic cash system. Contactless payments (CP) - what's that, then? Rather than hand over cash, sign your name or even do the chip and PIN thing when you buy something, the wondrous... [11 Oct 2005]
Cheat Sheet: The WEEE Directive
Cheat Sheet Not at all - this has nothing to do with euphemism, it stands for the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive. The WEEE Directive? Surely you're taking the pi. And what's it all about? It's about introducing measures to force companies... [29 Oct 2004]
Cheat sheet: RFID
Cheat Sheet Most commonly, they turn up in retailers' supply chains, working like electronic barcodes. RFID? Go on then, what does that stand for? It's short for radio frequency identification. And what is it? RFID chips are tiny microchips (smaller than a... [16 Apr 2004]
Cheat Sheet: Micropayments
Cheat Sheet Microsoft's Passport wallet stores credit card data but can also handle other payment systems such as digital cash and electronic cheques. Rings a bell but do remind me Buying pricey items on the web is easy. [21 Mar 2002]
Cheat Sheet: Spam
Cheat Sheet The electronic form of the postal junk mail you receive every morning. What is it? It's unwanted email. Why should I care? I just chuck my junk mail in the bin every morning - surely doing that to emails is even easier? [03 Jan 2002]
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