VB Script
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Scripting
language, based on Visual Basic, used for adding functionality to Web pages.
Popular with worm writers.
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VBA
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Visual
Basic for Applications. A cut down
version of Visual Basic that can be used with Microsoft’s Office products. It
is most closely associated with MS Access, but is also popular with some
Excel users.
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Vendor Lock-In
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This is a term that describes a
technique that some unscrupulous vendors use to make it difficult for the
customer to change vendors once they have made a purchase. For example by
buying a particular type of MP3 player, you are forced to buy the music from
that same vendor.
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Vienna
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The Microsoft code name for the next
version of Windows Vista. Approximate release date 2009.
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Virtual Reality
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A digital simulation of the real
world. The most realistic form is immersed virtual reality where the user
moves from being an observer to being a participant. This is a natural
direction for the computer games industry to take.
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Virtualisation
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A term used to make many physical
resources appear as one logical resource to the user. An example being data
spread across several database servers presented to the users as a single
screen form. It is also used to describe the partitioning of physical resources
into multiple virtual resources. For example enabling more than one operating
system to run on a given computer. A hot term.
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Virus
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Software that performs a function that
is usually not in the interests of the unaware user. Viruses rely on user
communication and so are often transmitted via email.
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Vista
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Microsoft’s desktop operating system.
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Visual Basic
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A software development tool from
Microsoft, designed to facilitate the development of systems with a graphical
user interface.
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Visual C++
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Microsoft’s version of C++. It has taken C++ and added functionality
to enable developers to build a GUI interface. This capability is not
available with standard C++.
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Visual J ++
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See J ++.
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Visual C#
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Microsoft’s version of C#. It has taken C# and added functionality to
enable developers to build a GUI interface. This capability is not available
with standard C#, which by the way was developed by Microsoft.
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Visual J#
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See J Sharp.
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Visual Studio
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Produced by Microsoft, this is a suite
of development tools used for application development. It offers the capability of developing
software using VC++, VJ#, VC#, and Visual Basic.
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VM
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This is an early IBM operating
system. Old school.
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VMWare
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A subsidiary of EMC. Big in
virtualisation software.
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VM/ESA
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This is an early IBM operating
system. Old school.
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VME
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ICL’s proprietary server operating
system. Old school.
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VMS
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The operating system associated with
the DEC (Digital) Vax range of computers. Old school.
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VoIP
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Voice over Internet Protocol. A standard
/ technology for sending voice traffic over the Internet. A way of making
long-distance calls for free.
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Vortal
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Vertical portal. A portal that offers
services / information, specialising in only one particular area. E.g. golf,
knitting, poodles. Dotcom era speak.
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VPN
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Virtual Private Network. A network
that makes use of the Internet but does so in a very secure manner. It offers
better security than the Internet and is cheaper than leased lines.
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VSE
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See VSE/ESA.
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VSE/ESA
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Virtual System Environment/Extended
System Architecture. Old school IBM operating system.
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