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  • T-1
    One of the fastest leased-line connections used for the Internet. It is capable of transmitting data at roughly 1.5 million bits per second, still not fast enough for full-screen, full-motion video.
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  • Tag
    A notation in HTML that specifies text formats, links to local files on the same computer, or links to remote files on other computers on the Internet (see "anchor").
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  • TCP (Transmission Control Protocol)
    A communications protocol used for situations that require a continuing connection between two programs across a network, which is more than the underlying Internet Protocol (IP) is designed to provide. Often called TCP/IP in reference to the IP that underlies TCP.
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  • Telephony
    An adjective that covers a multitude of communications issues, telephony has recently permeated the world of small computing, as add-in boards that combine the functions of modems, sound boards, speakerphones, and voice mail systems have begun to proliferate.
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  • Telnet
    A protocol that enables a user on one machine to log onto another networked machine.
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  • Template
    Form used to provide consistent look and feel to information presented on a Web site.
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  • Terminal
    In the payment card industry, a device capable of communicating with a credit card processor to transmit a card's number and expiration date, along with information about the transaction for which the card is being used.
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  • Terminal ID
    In the payment card industry, a number provided to a merchant by a credit card processor when that merchant retains the services of that credit card processor to uniquely identify a terminal. Also sometimes called the terminal number. A credit card processor may assign several terminal IDs to a given merchant's terminals although that merchant has a single merchant ID with that processor.
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  • Text-based intelligent systems
    Text-based intelligent systems use natural language processing (NLP) techniques to extract salient information from document data.
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  • Text-to-Speech
    Text-to-Speech systems can convert words from a computer document (e.g. word processor document, web page) into audible speech spoken through the computer speaker. Text-to-speechtechnology can be integrated with OCR systems or screen readers.
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  • Ticket
    An electronic authorization for access to a set of data for a specified period of time.
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  • Thread
    A sequence of responses to an initial message posting.
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  • Topic Identification
    A technology that identifies topics in real-time audio or in audio or text files. Also called Topic Identification. In telephony applications, topic identification can be used to route calls to an appropriate operator or agent.
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  • Tracking
    Gathering information about who accesses a Web site, how often, and in what manner.
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  • Transaction
    The coordinated activity of several computer programs, for example to process a electronic offer to produce an electronic receipt and to take delivery of a digital good.
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  • Transaction attribute
    A transaction attribute is one of the several attributes (such as price, currency, expiration date) that characterize an electronic offer or a electronic receipt. Transaction attributes are transmitted as name-value pairs in electronic offers and electronic receipts.
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  • Trojan horse
    A computer program that appears to have a useful function, but also has a hidden and potentially malicious function that evades security mechanisms, sometimes by exploiting legitimate authorizations of a user that invokes the program.
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