APPENDIX 5 – GLOSSARY OF TERMS
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Benchmarking
BPO
(Business
Process
Outsourcing)
Broadband
Broadcasting
Colocation
Computer
Computer
Emergency
Response
(CERT)
CCTLD.NG
Team
Community Radio
Convergence
CDMA
Cloud computing
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The continuous process of measuring product, services and
practices against recognized leaders.
Entrusting one or more IT integrated-type business processes to
an external service provider.
A signaling method that handles a wide range of frequencies, thus
allowing the transmission of high quality audio and visual signals.
Transmission of visual and audio content, from a source and for
reception by multiple members of the public or group.
Colocation refers to a situation where different operators share
common infrastructure like towers, power, security, space etc to
achieve logistic and financial advantage.
Means any electronic, magnetic, optical or other high-speed data
processing device or system which performs logical, arithmetic and
memory functions by manipulations of electronic, magnetic or
optical impulses, and includes all input, output, processing,
storage, software and communication facilities which are
connected or related as a system or network.
This is a name given to expert groups that handle computer
security incidents. CERT’s can exist at multiple layers i.e. National,
sectoral, institutional etc.
Country Code Top-Level domain (ccTLD) is an Internet top-level
domain generally used or reserved for a country or a sovereign.
Community stations serve geographic communities and
communities of interest. They broadcast content that is popular and
relevant to a local, specific audience but is often overlooked by
commercial or mass-media broadcasters. Community radio
stations are operated, owned, and influenced by the communities
they serve.
Technological convergence is the tendency for different
technological systems to evolve toward performing similar tasks.
Code-Division Multiple Access (CMDA) refers to any of several
protocols used in so-called second-generation (2G) and thirdgeneration (3G) wireless communications. As the term implies,
CDMA is a form of multiplexing, which allows numerous signals to
occupy a single transmission channel, optimizing the use of
available bandwidth.
Cloud computing encompasses any free, subscription-based, or
pay-per-use service that leverages the internet to extend ICT
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