Tandem
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Tandem Computers. Now owned by HP. They produced fault tolerant computers.
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TAPI
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Telephony Application Programming Interface. A
standard for creating software driven telephone applications.
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Tapestry
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Tapestry is an open source framework (ie both a model
and a set of technologies) used in the development of Java applications. The
Apache Software Foundation owns Tapestry. It is attractive to application
developers because it enables them to keep the user interface element of web
applications decoupled from the data processing element. This makes for more
maintainable software. Spring, Stripes and Struts are equivalent frameworks.
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TCP/IP
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Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. An open standard technology used to enable
computers to communicate via a network. Its roots lie with the creation of
the network. The nature of TCP/IP is such that it is intelligent enough to
reroute data if there are problems with a particular branch of the network.
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Technical Architect
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An experienced technologist that makes architectural
decisions in respect of applications and infrastructure. IN respect of system
development projects they are critical because they are often the only person
who fully understands how the system will work once it is built. They do not
always have refined interpersonal skills. See Solution Architects.
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Technical Support
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A generic term used in very non-technical environments
to describe anyone who is involved on the technical side. As a job title it tells you nothing.
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TEI
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Total Economic Impact. A financial metric created by
Giga Information Group to measure the benefit derived from IT investment. It
is a more realistic measure than ROI.
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Telematics
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It refers to the transmission and storage of data using
telecommunication devices. A term that encapsulates the convergence of
computers and phones.
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Tetra
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Secure mobile transmission technology. Popular with the
emergency services.
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Texting
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The practice of sending short text based messages via a
cellular network. Popular in countries such us the UK and Japan. The
popularity and revenue opportunities offered by texting were a rather
pleasant surprise for the mobile phone network operators.
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Thick client
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This is a model of computing whereby a significant
volume of the processing is done at the client end, ie user’s computer. Also
known as Fat client.
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Thin client
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This is a model of computing whereby almost all the
processing is done at the server end.
This enables low powered computers to be used by the users.
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Token Ring
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An old IBM invented Lan technology.
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Tomcat
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Tomcat is an open source web application server
solution that runs under the Apache Software Foundation. Associated with Java
development.
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Topology
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Term used to describe the layout or structure of a
network. Examples include Star and Ring.
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Triple Play
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A term used to refer to services associated with the
convergence of telephony, the Internet and Broadcast Media.
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Tru64
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A 64-bit version of Unix created by Compaq and now
owned by HP. Old school.
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Tuxedo
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A technology that supports the handling of transaction
intensive applications. Owned in the past by AT&T and Novell. Old school.
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TVO
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Total Value of Opportunity. A financial metric created
by Gartner to measure the benefit derived from IT investment. Again like TEI,
it is a more realistic measure than ROI.
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