Acronym Dicitonary and Glossary

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Palmtop
Palmtops are a class of portable personal computers
(generally with PDA software) that fit in the palm of your
hand. One of the most well-known palmtops is the Pilot,
developed by PalmOS and marketed originally by US
Robotics, now 3COM.
Panasonic
A leading manufacturer and supplier in all commercial
electronics industries worldwide. They have several
International manufacturing and operations locations. See
them at HTTP://WWW.PANASONIC.COM .
Paper Mail
Some E-Mail services offer this service so that you can
send Internet E-Mail to people who don't even own
computers. A form of snail-mail. A loose reference to the
US Mail service. See mail.
parallel
1. A form of data transfer and communications, most often
used with printers. It is the opposite of and an alternative to
serial communications. Printers and other devices are said
to be either parallel or serial. Parallel means the device is
capable of receiving more than one bit at a time (that is, it
receives several bits in parallel). Most modern printers are
parallel or USB.
2. A type of bus connection, transferring data in a similar
means as a parallel printer connection.
3. In electronics, two components can be connected
together in two different ways, series and parallel. Each
component has two different ends or poles. They can be
positive and negative but may not be. For identification,
they are known as Alpha and Beta. While the nomenclature
is not exactly original, it serves the purpose. If similar
components, such as a resistor and another resistor, or a
capacitor and another capacitor, are in parallel in a circuit,
the alpha pole of one is connected to the alpha pole of the
other, directly, while the beta pole and other beta pole also
connect directly. See our Parallel Resistance Calculator
and our Parallel Capacitance Calculator to resolve
values for either resistance or capacitance.
parameter
A guideline or limitation of software or process functions.
In the case of search software, parameters are Boolean
factors, the words or letters you are trying to find, where
you want the search to include in the looking process and
the like.
Parental Control
Parental Control is an ISP feature that allows a parent to
restrict a child's access to certain areas of ISP provided
services and the Ineternet . Such control is also available
in most modern browsers and is available as a separate
application . While it is not foolproof, it is a good thing.
There are also some standards being set on the web. See