Tech Terms: What Every Telecommunications and Digital Media Professional Should Know

Level: 2
Definition: A display prompt used in computer systems to indicate when the system is ready to receive a user command. In computers or networks running under disk operating systems (DOSs), the command prompt is referred to as the DOS prompt. Although its appearance can be customized, the prompt is typically A:\>, where A is the drive being activated. On PC systems, the C drive is usually reserved for the hard drive and the DOS prompt would be C:\> and would be followed by a keyed-in user command. On UNIX systems, the command prompt is often indicated by a $ sign. (See also DOS and UNIX.)
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Level: 2
Definition: In telecommunications, a company furnishing communication services to the general public. Interstate common carriers are governed at the federal level and licensed by the FCC according to defined regulatory rules. Service providers such as telephone companies, satellite carriers, or other licensed communications services such as cellular and some new PCS phone services are required to hold out their services on a nondiscriminatory basis to any party seeking to access the network. (See also FCC and PCS.)
Level: 3
Definition: CGI amounts to a set of rules that orchestrate the communication between a web...