defines a file
Graphics File Types Word Can Use
White Paper A file's structure defines how it is stored and displayed. One can insert many popular graphics file formats (file format: The way in which information is stored in a file so that a program can open and save the file. [26 Apr 2008]
Open and Save Files in Formats Supported by Word
White Paper A file format defines the way that information is stored in a file, so that a specific program can open and save that file. A file's format is indicated by a three-letter or four-letter extension after the file name. [16 Apr 2008]
An Overview of the PIM Optional Package
White Paper Up until now, however, that data has not been made available to J2ME applications, because no configuration or profile defines the necessary programming interfaces. Most - if not all - handheld or wireless devices manufactured today have the... [06 Nov 2007]
Storage Devices, Local File System and Crossbar Network File System Characteristics, and 1 Terabyte File IO Benchmark on the "Numerical Simulator III"
White Paper In order to clear the benchmark perspective it defines "Standard IO Characteristic" and "User IO Pattern". And under 80-way disk condition, CeMSS could operate a 1[TB] file within 10 minutes. It has eighty (80) RAID-5 disk arrays and forty (40) LTO... [31 Aug 2007]
A Developer's Perspective on WinFS: Part 1
White Paper This paper explains how WinFS defines types of objects that can be stored and examines the WinFS API. The core concept behind WinFS is that by storing data in a cohesive data store, not just a file system, systems and users can store rich metadata... [14 Mar 2006]
Approaches to Server Consolidation
White Paper The IT industry often defines server consolidation as running many different types of applications, such as e-mail, financial, database, and file-serving applications, on a single, large server. This paper explains different approaches of server... [27 May 2004]
Analysis: Politicians botching tech laws
Comment Bono defines spyware as "any software" that "transmits" personal information--a category that would include any email client (because it transmits a "From: address") and many Unix utilities. Anyone distributing instant-messaging programs, File... [12 May 2004]
BizTalk Messaging: Building BizTalk Server Custom Parsers and Serializers
White Paper This paper discusses and defines custom BizTalk Server 2000 parsers and serializers, the purposes they serve, and the interfaces required to implement them. BizTalk Server 2000 includes interfaces that allow developers to add proprietary parsers... [20 Apr 2004]
Network Data Management Protocol Primer
White Paper This daunting task is one of the driving forces behind the Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP), a scalable solution that defines a common architecture for backing up data located on heterogeneous file servers in the enterprise. [24 Feb 2004]
Solving the Problem of Publishing Online Documents
White Paper SGML defines a standardized method and syntax for describing the structure of documents. SGML is not just another file format (such as Word, WordPerfect, or PDF), nor is it a page description language (such as troff, runoff, or TeX). [24 Feb 2004]
IDS Evasion and Denial of Service Using RPC Design Flaws
White Paper Put simply, a protocol defines the rules a client must follow to communicate with a server (and vice-versa) for a particular type of network service offering. The portmap (Linux, xBSD) / rpcbind (Solaris) server’s purpose is to act as a central... [24 Feb 2004]
Network File System Backup Benchmarks
White Paper Storage management is a term that defines a series of processes related to backup, recovery, reporting and archiving of corporate data. The amount of data that must be protected in a typical global 1000 corporation’s network continues to grow at... [24 Feb 2004]
How it works - the next Microsoft Office
News Rather than use multiple tools to input the data, a salesperson "could create a hyperdocument or form to input that information once and take that XML [and use it] as the business defines," said Scott Bishop, Office product manager. [09 Oct 2002]
Verizon caught up in file swapping clampdown
News The DMCA defines service provider to mean "a provider of online services or network access. It is not necessary to file a lawsuit to take advantage of the DMCA's expedited subpoena process. In what may become a new legal front in its war against... [22 Aug 2002]
