By Ray Horak
portmanteau
1. An old type of leather suitcase that usually opened into two compartments. The word originates from the French portemanteau, from …
Word of the Week
Also known as Postels Law. A principle stated by Jon Postel in RFC 793 (1981) and again in RFC 1122 (1989), Requirements for Internet Hosts – Communications Layers. The Robustness Principle states “Be liberal in what you accept, and conservative in what you send,” which essentially advises the Internet community to design host software in such a way as to 1) be prepared for malevolent incoming packets and 2) be prepared for deficiencies on other hosts that can make it unwise to exploit legal but obscure protocol features that can cause disruption if the other hosts misbehaves.
Holmes, E.T.
The inventor of the first exchange for telephone service. Holmes’s father had invented and installed the centralized burglar alarm system …
Word of the Week, a weekly feature by Ray Horak, Telecom Reseller Technology Editor
dielectric
A substance that is not a conductor of direct …
Word of the Week, a weekly feature by Ray Horak, Telecom Reseller Technology Editor
Aliasing
A phenomenon that occurs when different analog continuous signals…
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